Iron is one of the elements undoubtedly known to the ancient world. It has been worked, or wrought, for millennia. However, iron objects of great age are much rarer than objects made of gold or silver due to the ease with which iron corrodes. The technology developed slowly, and even after the discovery of smelting it took many centuries for it to replace bronze as the metal of choice for tools and weapons. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples and price guides of Art Deco iron items including a pair of Sabino candle lamps and a fire basket.
AN ART DECO IRON LANTERN SECOND QUARTER 20TH CENTURY Of cylindrical form with stylised panels, unglazed 31in. (78.8cm.) high
Sold for GBP 1,016 at Christie’s in 2004
Edgar Brandt Art Deco Wrought Iron and Marble Console Circa 1925 Shaped demilune top on fluted bouquet supports. Height 36 inches, width 5 feet 9 inches, depth 22 1/2 inches.
Sold for $5,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2020
Pair of Sabino Art Deco Candle Lamps Glass and Iron
Sold for $800 at Carstens Galleries in 2020
A pair of Art Deco wrought iron picture frames by Edgar Brandt circa 1930
Sold for 1,800 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2007
Fire basket, cast iron, the pierced back depicting a parrot perched on a cross bar, flanked by two profile masks within a circular frame held aloft by two leopard masks, the shaped, semi circular lower basket of three horizontal bars, supported by a series of uprights, supporting three shields cast HM, GM and AD 1930, on stepped feet, the side cast CS JAGGER
This fire basket is the only known utilitarian piece of ironwork to have been designed by C.S. Jagger, one of the pre-eminent British sculptors of the early 20th century
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
An Art Deco Wrought Iron and Chromed Metal Coat Rack, circa early 1930s a decorative grill to either side depicting a leaping antelope against stylised foliage, and the central grill with interlocking decorative swirls; with seven round hooks for hanging 138.5cm long, 44cm high, 6.5cm deep, unmarked
Sold for £ 1,785 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2019
