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Lot Essay
Patterns for related oval 'voiders' or trays were published in Messrs William Ince and John Mayhew's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pl. XV and featured the Ionic-scrolled handles after the Roman and antique manner introduced in the 1720s. One such oval cistern, wreathed with golden ribbons, was acquired by Robert Berry (d. 1782) for Raith, Scotland and serves for glasses and bottles in a painting executed in 1769 by Johann Zoffany (see Arts Council Exhibition, Johann Zoffany, 1960, no. 11).
An almost identical wine-cooler is illustrated in M. Harris & Sons, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, London, n.d., pp. 62 and 94. Another very similar wine-cooler was sold in the Samuel Messer sale, in these Rooms, 5 December 1991, lot 102 and one with brass bands was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 30 November 2000, lot 4 (£15,275).
An almost identical wine-cooler is illustrated in M. Harris & Sons, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, London, n.d., pp. 62 and 94. Another very similar wine-cooler was sold in the Samuel Messer sale, in these Rooms, 5 December 1991, lot 102 and one with brass bands was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 30 November 2000, lot 4 (£15,275).