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WINE-COOLER on STAND

A George III brass-bound mahogany WINE-COOLER on STAND circa 1775

Description

Of oval form with a moulded lip and fluted body between brass bands with lion mask ring handles on a  detachable plain frieze base with lion paw feet. The brass liner is replaced.

  • Height: 19.75ins (50cm)
  • Width: 33.5ins (85cm)
  • Depth: 21ins (53cm)

Provenance:

From the collection of LORD WIGRAM, MC. 

This wine cooler originally formed part of a suite of dining furniture comprising a large serving table flanked by urns on pedestals designed by Robert Adam for Osterley Park. Literature ref: Sotheby’s Important English Furniture 2007