20TH CENTURY, REUSING A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER

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A GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER
20th Century, reusing a George III mahogany wine-cooler
The oval open top with gadrooned rim and removable brass-liner, one side carved with tied swags, above a Vitruvian scroll frieze, on square tapering legs with leaf-wrapped block feet with brass caps and leather castors, originally with hinged top
25¼ in. (64 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bought from Mallett, London, 24 April 1979, for £4,750.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The swagged oval wine-cooler relates to one formerly at Parham, Sussex and sold by the late 17th Baroness Zouche of Haryngworth, in these Rooms, 21 April 1966, lot 137. The latter differed from the present cooler in the fluted upper edge, guilloche carved lower edge and Ionic capitalled and panelled tapering legs. The cooler formed part of a dining-room suite which included two bowfront serving-tables and a pair of knife-urns and pedestals. The Parham wine-cooler was later sold from the Palm Beach Residence of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Sotheby's New York, 5 May 1984, lot 176 ($9,075).

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