A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WINE COOLER

POSSIBLY IRISH, 18TH CENTURY AND ALTERED

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A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WINE COOLER
POSSIBLY IRISH, 18TH CENTURY AND ALTERED
With carved lion heads holding gilt-bronze rings for handles, on paw feet, with a later zinc liner, the replaced casters stamped COPE'S PATENT
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.4 cm.) wide, 25 ¾ in. (65.4 cm.) deep

Provenance

Alfred E. Hutton, Esq.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie R. Samuels, New York, 1953.

Literature

O. Brackett, Thomas Chippendale, London, 1924, pp. 198-199, pl. XXVIII.

Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion, 3 May - 4 September 2006.

Sale room notice

Please note, this lot should be dated as part 18th century and altered.

Lot Essay

The wine cooler formed part of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie R. Samuels housed in their Park Avenue triplex. Mr. Samuels was a retailer who ran I. Miller, and later his wife's family-run department store in Hartford, Connecticut which was sold to the May company for a reputed $40 million. Philanthropists and music lovers, the couple formed a foundation in their name which provides funds for the arts, primarily the Lincoln Center. In 1981, an auction catalogue was produced, but the sale was cancelled as a single buyer purchased the collection in its entirety.

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