An extremely rare Coalbrookdale Midsummer Night's Dream pattern cast iron seat
circa 1870
fully stamped ‘CB Dale Co.’ and with pattern and registration numbers
164cm long
See engraving
| Estimate: |
£1,500 - £2,500
|
|
Hammer price:
|
£3,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
This extremely rare
Coalbrookdale pattern,
now sadly missing its
scroll cresting is registered
in the 1875 Coalbrookdale
catalogue, section III, no
42. (See engraving)
The central panel in the
back depicts the moment
when King Oberon’s
servant fairy Puck squeezes
the juice from a magical
plant into the eyes of
Queen Titania, making her
fall in love with the first
person she sees when she
awake which turns out to
be Bottom, whose head
has been transformed into
that of an ass.
Garden Furniture
Read more
