Lot Essay
The stand, with fluted frieze and slightly-splayed substantial legs, is inspired by a design in A. Hepplewhite & Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl.37.
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A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER with oval hinged top enclosing a lead-lined fitted interior with slightly tapering sides with ring-handles, the stand with fluted frieze and on square tapering fluted legs headed by pierced scrolled angles, on block feet inset with roundels, the top reveneered 26¾in.(68cm.)wide; 27½in.(70cm.)high; 20¾in.(52.5cm.)deep