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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY OVAL WINE COOLER
Lot 157

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY OVAL WINE COOLER

CIRCA 1820-30

Closed12 November 2020

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY OVAL WINE COOLER
CIRCA 1820-30
With a later brass tray top, the cistern with slightly tapered body, a gadrooned rim and band of trailing vine-leaves and gadrooned base on lion paw feet.
17 in. (43 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide;21 ½ in. (54 cm.) deep

The Benjamin Sonnenberg Collection' sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5 - 9 June 1979, lot 1757.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2018, lot 362.

Specialist note

A more elaborate version of this wine cooler, probably designed by Lewis Wyatt, was supplied in 1813 by Gillows to William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782 - 1850) for Hackwood Park, Hampshire, sold by Lord Bolton, Christie's, London, 5 December 1991, lot 249, and again Christie's, London, 1 May 2006, lot 48 (£38,400 including premium), while another related circular cistern is in a private collection in Ireland.
The design has parallels with the contemporary silver of Digby Scott, Benjamin Smith and Paul Storr. For example the vine wreathed frieze can be seen in designs of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell from a pattern book now in the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V 94G 43).