Conceived in the manner of an antique 'krater' wine-vase, this pedestal-supported cistern with gadroon-reed bowl and fluted stem relates to a pattern illustrated by Thomas Hope in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. XIII and adopted by Messrs. Gillows of London and Lancaster in the 1820s. (See Gillow MSS. 29 Nov 1826, Westminster Public Libraries, no. 3556)

A closely related wine-cooler were sold in Christie's London 28 June 1984, lot 67