1825-30

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A GEORGE IV RECTANGULAR MAHOGANY WINE COOLER
1825-30
The rectangular moulded top applied with vine leaves and grapes at each corner, the sides with sunken moulded panels above a foliate-wrapped edge, on paw feet, with removeable liner, formerly but not originally with a lid
19¾ in. (50 cm.) high; 37½ in. (l95 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related cistern "after the Antique" with robust palm-wrapped plinth and paw feet is illustrated in George Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826, pl. LXXV.

A pair of very similar wine coolers, with Bacchic masks garlanded with fruiting vines at the corners are in the Saloon at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (see H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period IV, Vol. II, figs. 142, 143, pp. 102-3). Another, also with Bacchic masks was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2002, lot 1937.

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