A LATE VICTORIAN LACQUERED-BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WINE COOLER

IN THE MANNER OF SAMUEL NORMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

A LATE VICTORIAN LACQUERED-BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WINE COOLER
IN THE MANNER OF SAMUEL NORMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With brass bands with egg-and-guilloche borders, each end with goat mask and ring handle, on a fretwork-embellished stand
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high, 28 ½ in. (72.4 cm.) wide, 21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bequest of Bernard M. Baruch, 1965.

Literature

Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion, 3 May - 4 September 2006.

Lot Essay

This wine-cooler is modeled after a distinguished group attributed to the London carver and gilder Samuel Norman (active 1746-67) of King Street, Soho. A similar example from circa 1765 was sold from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie’s, New York, 11 December 2014, lot 36 ($106,250)

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