A GEORGE II BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER ON STAND

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A GEORGE II BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER ON STAND
The removable oval wine-cooler with two brass collars and carrying-handles to each end, the stand with moulded top and plain frieze, on lappet and scroll-headed cabriole legs joined by a concave-fronted and turned stretcher on pad feet, one foot spliced, the frieze reframed and with some replacements to veneer, one foot tipped
31½ in. (80 cm.) high, overall; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bought from Norman Adams, 9 September 1981.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

An apparently identical wine-cooler on stand, possibly the pair to this, was sold in these Rooms, 11 November 1999, lot 185 (£29,900), from the collection formed by Geoffrey Monro.
One such cistern, filled with bottles and glasses, features in Zoffany's 1781 portrait of William Ferguson entertaining friends at Raith, Scotland (R. Edwards, Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1977, p. 640, fig. 7)

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