Lot Essay
These coolers reflect an interesting and successful mix of the rococo forms first fashionable in the 1770s and the new neoclassical style that took hold in the following decade.
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CIRCA 1780
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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF WINE COOLERS
CIRCA 1780
Of rococo form after European faience, the scalloped, fluted rims edged in interlaced narrow borders above clusters of spring flowers, molded rocaillerie below washed in peach and gilt and rising to iron-red and gilt outscrolled handles
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) wide across handles (2)
CIRCA 1780
Of rococo form after European faience, the scalloped, fluted rims edged in interlaced narrow borders above clusters of spring flowers, molded rocaillerie below washed in peach and gilt and rising to iron-red and gilt outscrolled handles
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) wide across handles (2)
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