A REGENCY MAHOGANY SARCOPHAGUS-SHAPED WINE-COOLER by Alexander Norton, the quartered spreading rectangular top centred by a grape and vine finial above a gadrooned frieze enclosing a lead-lined divided interior with bottle compartments, the tapering body carved with upspringing foliage, on claw feet, locks stamped BROWN'S PATENT below a crown, with trade label to the underside ALEXR. NORTON, UPHOLSTERER & CABINET MANUFACTURER, /NO. 14 BULSTRODE STREET MANCHESTER SQUARE APPRAISER UNDERTAKER PAPER HANGING & INTERNAL DECORATION

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY SARCOPHAGUS-SHAPED WINE-COOLER by Alexander Norton, the quartered spreading rectangular top centred by a grape and vine finial above a gadrooned frieze enclosing a lead-lined divided interior with bottle compartments, the tapering body carved with upspringing foliage, on claw feet, locks stamped BROWN'S PATENT below a crown, with trade label to the underside ALEXR. NORTON, UPHOLSTERER & CABINET MANUFACTURER, /NO. 14 BULSTRODE STREET MANCHESTER SQUARE APPRAISER UNDERTAKER PAPER HANGING & INTERNAL DECORATION
34¼IN. (87CM.) WIDE; 25½IN. (65CM.) HIGH; 26½IN. (67.5CM.) DEEP

Provenance

THE MOLLER COLLECTION, THORNCOMBE PARK, SURREY, SOLD SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 18 NOVEMBER 1993, LOT 125

Lot Essay

THE FIRM OF ALEXANDER NORTON IS RECORDED AT 14 BULSTRODE STREET, MANCHESTER SQUARE, BETWEEN 1822 AND 1837. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FURNISHING OF KESTEVEN SESSIONS AT SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE, AND EACH PIECE WAS MARKED KESTEVEN in gilt letters in a prominent place. The dining-table from the Sessions was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 24 October 1991, lot 31 and a writing-table, 16 July 1992, lot 186

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