Lot Essay
The medallioned and golden-hooped 'cellaret' pattern, as introduced around 1780, featured in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite & Co's, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 37.
Details
A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY CELLARET
The crossbanded oval hinged top enclosing a metal-liner with handles above a fitted metal partitions, with a tap to the underside, on a moulded plinth base with fluted square tapering legs, brass caps and castors, with paper label pinned to the underside 'J. Rotten', the castors stamped 'COPE PATENT'
28½ in. (72 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
The crossbanded oval hinged top enclosing a metal-liner with handles above a fitted metal partitions, with a tap to the underside, on a moulded plinth base with fluted square tapering legs, brass caps and castors, with paper label pinned to the underside 'J. Rotten', the castors stamped 'COPE PATENT'
28½ in. (72 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
Brigadier-General John Rotten, Stokesay Court, Shropshire.
Thence by descent to Lady Magnus-Allcroft.
Sold from the property of the late Lady Magnus-Allcroft, Stokesay Court, Ludlow, Shropshire, Sotheby's house sale, 29 September-1 October 1994, lot 6.
Thence by descent to Lady Magnus-Allcroft.
Sold from the property of the late Lady Magnus-Allcroft, Stokesay Court, Ludlow, Shropshire, Sotheby's house sale, 29 September-1 October 1994, lot 6.