Coalbrookdale cast-iron furniture, subject to ebbs and flows of fashion, has dipped a little in recent years, but this c.1850 occasional table is a rarity. It was surely made for the conservatory rather than the garden.
The 2ft 4in (70cm) wide tilt-top (shown above left) was painted and inscribed The Death of a Stag at Glen Tilt after the famous Landseer painting for the Duke of Atholl. Offered at Summers Place Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Billingshurst, on September 25, the table, with its original castors, sold within estimate to a phone bidder at £3200.