A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ORMOLU WINE COOLERS

These wine coolers closely relate to English silver-work of the 1820s. Related examples include a pair of silver wine coolers by Robert Garrard dated 1825 (sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 2000, lot 154) and another pair of silver-gilt wine coolers by Benjamin Smith of 1826 (sold Sotheby's, New York, 15 December, 1993, lot 96). Other pieces being supplied by Paul Storr and John Bridge and retailed by the celebrated London firm of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell are also similar to the present wine coolers (see C. Hartop, Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797 - 1843, London, 2005, nos. 26 and 56, pp. 87 and 101).