Lot 248
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK SARCOPHAGUS WINE-COOLER
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK SARCOPHAGUS WINE-COOLER

MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK SARCOPHAGUS WINE-COOLER
MID-19TH CENTURY
The rectangular everted body lined in zinc, each long side with a circular ring-handle, on leaf-carved baluster legs and ball feet and wood castors
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The lead-lined cistern, with bas-relief rings sculpted in antique marble fashion and palms flowering its columnar stand, is designed in the robust Grecian fashion promoted by the architect Richard Bridgens and popularised by his Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration, London, 1838.

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