A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY OCTAGONAL WINE COOLER

CIRCA 1760

Details

A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY OCTAGONAL WINE COOLER
CIRCA 1760
The hinged lid enclosing zinc-lined divisions, with brass carrying-handles, on a fluted base with channelled legs
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Probably Harry Rixson, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, where acquired on 13 May 1950, as a 'Georgian mahogany wine cooler on stand' (£52).

Literature

C. Hussey, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Prof. A.E. Richardson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.', Country Life, 8 December 1934, p. 616, illustrated in The Dining Room.

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