How was 19th-century cast iron garden furniture constructed?

Pieces were made by pouring molten iron into sand moulds, creating solid components with openwork patterns, floral motifs, and heavy structural stability.

How can you identify authentic antique cast iron garden furniture?

Authentic pieces exhibit heavy weight, crisp casting details, historical paint layers or oxidisation, and occasional foundry marks or design registration stamps.

How do you style Victorian cast iron furniture in a modern garden?

Position the set on a stone patio, gravel terrace, or inside a glass conservatory to create a clear focal point against modern planting and greenery.

How do you preserve and care for antique cast iron outdoor furniture?

Keep the iron clean, apply a protective coat of microcrystalline wax or rust-inhibiting paint, and shelter the set during extreme winter weather.

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Rare Cast-iron Garden Table C1840 "The Rotherham", Four Cast-iron Chairs

Name: Rare Cast-iron Garden Table C1840 "The Rotherham", Four Cast-iron Chairs
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1221051
Price: 1650 GBP
Availability: InStock

19th century

For Sale by Malcolm Eglin Antiques

Description

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This is a rare mid-nineteenth Century cast-iron garden table. Shot blasted base with new black paint and now with stylish copper top. Together with a heavy set of four cast-iron chairs.

The ornate base is fully marked with Kite marks and stamped "The Rotherham" (see photographs). This table is of a rare design (find another, we have only seen four) and manufactured by Yates & Co, Rotherham Circa 1840.

This set is really one for the connoisseurs, probably no others on the market today. Delivery available. If you want to be different, don't miss this one!

Dimensions:

H: 76.5cm (30.1")Di: 60cm (23.6")

The Following from Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History;

James Yates

1799 Born in Kimberworth, Yorks.

1823 James Yates, of Carr House and Oakwood House, took over what was left of the Walker’s Foundry at Rotherham and went into partnership with Charles Samuel Roberts Sandford of Northfield House, at the Phoenix Works

Married Betsey

1833 The partners took over the Rotherham Foundry.

1838 The partnership was dissolved; Yates took the Rotherham Foundry which specialised in stove grate work. He also acquired the premises of the Masbrough Flax Works upon which site the Effingham Works was later erected.

1846 Yates remained working on his own until he took George Haywood, of South Villa, and John Drabble, of Clifton Bank, into partnership; the Company took the name Yates, Haywood and Co.

1851 iron master, Iron founder. 1861 Iron master. 1869 Drabble retired and a new partnership was formed between James Yates, George Haywood, Robert Bentley Shaw (Yates’s son-in-law) and George Harris Haywood. .1871 JP and Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire . 1881 Died in Rotherham

Physical Dimensions

Height

76.5cm (30.12")

Width

60cm (23.62")

Declaration

Malcolm Eglin Antiques has dated this Victorian Cast Iron Garden Set to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

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SA1221051

Dealers Internal Reference

024813a

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Description

Free UK Mainland Delivery

This is a rare mid-nineteenth Century cast-iron garden table. Shot blasted base with new black paint and now with stylish copper top. Together with a heavy set of four cast-iron chairs.

The ornate base is fully marked with Kite marks and stamped "The Rotherham" (see photographs).

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This table is of a rare design (find another, we have only seen four) and manufactured by Yates & Co, Rotherham Circa 1840.

Malcolm Eglin Antiques

fig 1. A Victorian cast iron garden set featuring a circular table with a copper top alongside four black ornate openwork chairs. — fig 1. Rare Cast-iron Garden Table C1840 "The Rotherham", Four Cast-iron Chairs

This set is really one for the connoisseurs, probably no others on the market today. Delivery available. If you want to be different, don't miss this one!

Dimensions:

H: 76.5cm (30.1")Di: 60cm (23.6")

The Following from Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History;

fig 2. A Victorian cast iron garden set featuring a circular table with a copper top alongside four black ornate openwork chairs. — fig 2. Rare Cast-iron Garden Table C1840 "The Rotherham", Four Cast-iron Chairs

James Yates

1799 Born in Kimberworth, Yorks.

1823 James Yates, of Carr House and Oakwood House, took over what was left of the Walker’s Foundry at Rotherham and went into partnership with Charles Samuel Roberts Sandford of Northfield House, at the Phoenix Works

fig 3. A Victorian cast iron garden set featuring a circular table with a copper top alongside four black ornate openwork chairs. — fig 3. Rare Cast-iron Garden Table C1840 "The Rotherham", Four Cast-iron Chairs

Married Betsey

1833 The partners took over the Rotherham Foundry.

1838 The partnership was dissolved; Yates took the Rotherham Foundry which specialised in stove grate work. He also acquired the premises of the Masbrough Flax Works upon which site the Effingham Works was later erected.

fig 4. A Victorian cast iron garden set featuring a circular table with a copper top alongside four black ornate openwork chairs. — fig 4. Rare Cast-iron Garden Table C1840 "The Rotherham", Four Cast-iron Chairs

1846 Yates remained working on his own until he took George Haywood, of South Villa, and John Drabble, of Clifton Bank, into partnership; the Company took the name Yates, Haywood and Co.

1851 iron master, Iron founder. 1861 Iron master. 1869 Drabble retired and a new partnership was formed between James Yates, George Haywood, Robert Bentley Shaw (Yates’s son-in-law) and George Harris Haywood. .1871 JP and Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire . 1881 Died in Rotherham

Physical Dimensions

Height

76.5cm (30.12")

Width

60cm (23.62")

Date of Manufacture

Malcolm Eglin Antiques has dated this Victorian Cast Iron Garden Set to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

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SA1221051

Dealers Internal Ref

024813a

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Victorian cast iron garden furniture emerged in the mid-19th century following advancements in iron casting techniques, allowing foundries to produce detailed, heavy outdoor tables and seating.

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