CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR THE COALBROOKDALE COMPANY FENDER, CIRCA 1870 cast iron (124cm wide, 34cm deep) Provenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection Footnote: Literature: Lyons, Harry Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer, Woodbridge 2005, pp. 152-3. Note: Dresser is first documented as working for Coalbrookdale circa 1870, however stylistic evidence and designs such as the 'Water Plant' garden furniture were registered at an earlier date, pointing to his designing for the firm from the mid-1860s.