Lot Essay
Another Matthew Boulton wine cooler of this design is illustrated in Vanessa Brett's The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, 1986, no. 1199.
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THE PROPERTY OF A TEXAS COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER WINE COOLERS
MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1819
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A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER WINE COOLERS
Mark of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, 1819
Each of campana-form, on a circular spreading foot with acanthus leaves, the lower body with acanthus calyx under a floral trellis mid-band, the upper body applied with grapevine, the leaf-clad handles with Bacchus head joins, with everted egg-and-dart rim, with a removable collar and cylindrical liner, engraved with a coat-of-arms on body and a crest on collar, marked on base, collar and liner
11½in. (29.4cm.) high; 249oz. 10dwt. (7766gr.) (2)
Mark of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, 1819
Each of campana-form, on a circular spreading foot with acanthus leaves, the lower body with acanthus calyx under a floral trellis mid-band, the upper body applied with grapevine, the leaf-clad handles with Bacchus head joins, with everted egg-and-dart rim, with a removable collar and cylindrical liner, engraved with a coat-of-arms on body and a crest on collar, marked on base, collar and liner
11½in. (29.4cm.) high; 249oz. 10dwt. (7766gr.) (2)