Lot Essay
A pair of almost identical Sheffield-plate wine coolers was sold in these Rooms April 29, 1987, lot 439.
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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV SILVER WINE COOLERS
MAKER'S MARK OF WATERHOUSE, HODSON & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1830
Each urn form on spreading foot chased with a band of paterae, the body applied with acanthus scrolls and flower bunches below a shoulder of overlapping acanthus, with two cast bifurcating reeded handles with trailing grape bunches, with silver liners, the sides engraved with a crest and monogram upon a foliate cartouche, marked on bases and liners--14in.(35.5cm.) high
(176oz., 5479gr.) (2)
MAKER'S MARK OF WATERHOUSE, HODSON & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1830
Each urn form on spreading foot chased with a band of paterae, the body applied with acanthus scrolls and flower bunches below a shoulder of overlapping acanthus, with two cast bifurcating reeded handles with trailing grape bunches, with silver liners, the sides engraved with a crest and monogram upon a foliate cartouche, marked on bases and liners--14in.(35.5cm.) high
(176oz., 5479gr.) (2)