Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER, the oval top edged with gilt-brass chain-and-rosette border, the tapering body mounted with pierced carrying-handles cast with foliage, shells and flowerheads and banded with cabochon border, the waved shaped base edged with foliage centred by bunches of grapes, on hairy paw feet, labelled The British Antique Dealers' Association GOLDEN JUBILEE/EXHIBITION VICTORIA AND ALBERT/MUSEUM 1968 EXHIBIT NO.157, small sections of carving missing on the apron
27¾in. (70.5cm.) wide; 19¾in. (50cm.) deep; 16¼in. (41cm.) high
27¾in. (70.5cm.) wide; 19¾in. (50cm.) deep; 16¼in. (41cm.) high
Provenance
Tythrop House, Buckinghamshire, sold Sotheby's London, 21 August 1933, lot 519 and again Sotheby's London, 26 February 1954, lot 89
Bought from Mallett, 9 June 1954, for #1125 (the invoice endorsed by R.W. Symonds)
Bought from Mallett, 9 June 1954, for #1125 (the invoice endorsed by R.W. Symonds)
Literature
P. Macquoid & R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol. III, p.372, fig. 3
G. Bernard Hughes, 'Wine-Cisterns and Cellarets', Country Life, 8 December 1955, p.1381, fig. 5
G. Bernard Hughes, 'Wine-Cisterns and Cellarets', Country Life, 8 December 1955, p.1381, fig. 5
Exhibited
B.A.D.A. Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1968, no. 157 (Catalogue, fig 110)