Lot 87
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A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER
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A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER

THIRD-QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER
THIRD-QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The oval body with carrying-handles, on a stand with square tapering legs and leather castors, lacking one castor
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
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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

The cistern is likely to have been commissioned by Richard Myddelton at the same time as his sideboard-table (Lot 90). Related 'brass hoop' cisterns were supplied in 1759 for Dumfries House, Scotland by Thomas Chippendale (d.1779) (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. 11, fig 121). A similar one, supplied for Novar, Scotland is featured in J. Zoffany's 1781 portrait entitled the 'Ferguson Group' (R.Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954 p.640, fig 7).

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