Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30th March 2022
Lot 390
A REGENCY MAHOGANY OVAL WINE COOLER
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
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.