EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY IRISH

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A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY OVAL WINE-COOLER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY IRISH
With a lead-lined interior with a fluted and reeded tapered body with roundels, on turned and octagonal feet with later castors, one foot possibly replaced
15½ in. (37 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart (1889-1944), who in 1920 married Eleanor, daughter of Solomon R. Guggenheim and by descent until sold Christie's, London, 27 November 2003, lot 133.

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Lot Essay

The overall form of this wine-cooler relates to a design by Robert Adam for Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (The Adam Drawings, Sir John Soane Museum, vol. 25, no. 118, illustrated Christie's furniture catalogue, 16 November 1989, lot 96).
A very similar wine-cooler, on cylindrical feet, is visible in the Dining-Room of no. 8 Ely Place, Dublin, photographed for the Irish Georgian Society, 1911, vol. II, pl. CI, which leads to the possibility, combined with the provenance, that the present lot is of Irish manufacture.

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