A REGENCY MAHOGANY OVAL WINE COOLER

A REGENCY MAHOGANY OVAL WINE COOLER

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, C.1815

the fan fluted lid revealing a lead lined interior and a brass Bramah lock, with ribbed baluster supports and later brass caps and castors

65cm high, 69cm wide, 51cm deep

Provenance

The Property of a Gentleman.

Catalogue Note

A similar wine cooler with fluted cover was formerly in the collection of the Earls of Stradbroke, Henham Hall, Suffolk, a house designed by James Wyatt in the 1790s. Another is illustrated in Ralph Edwards and Percy Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. I, p. 223, fig. 9.

See also Christie's, The English Collector, 14th November 2013, lot 53.