Patrick Moorhead Antiques Wine Coolers

A pair of mahogany George III style brass mounted urn form cellarettes with lead lined interior. The urns surmounted by detachable lids with brass acorn form finials. The urns with c...

Regency mahogany cellarette with sarcophagus-form, paw feet, and lion's head handles, 19th Century, England.

This handsome pair of campana form wine coolers feature bright cut foliate design bands above Mellon shaped gadrooning. The ring handles are mounted on Bacchus head masks, the god of...

Extraordinary wine-cooler in the form of a beautifully sculpted, gilt and polychromed Swan of impressive stature, makes certainly the conversation-piece of the party. The white paint...

A fine quality George III brass banded mahogany octagonal wine cooler or cellarette of large scale retaining its original lead lined interior. Th...

Octagonal hinged lid opening to a compartment [ lacking liner ]. Conforming case section. With a flute carved top of base with four molded legs and casters. Key.

Flowers or Champagne? Or Both? George III Brass Bound Mahogany Wine Cooler or Cellaret, Third-quarter of 18th century The George III brass-bound mahogany wine cooler or cellar...

This is an exceptional pair of antique English Old Sheffield Plate, silver on copper, wine coolers, circa 1780 in date.   The wine coolers stand on widespread circular pedestal bases...

A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver wine cooler made by Henry Chawner; an addition to our antique wine and drink related silverware collection This magnificent antique George III sterling silver wine cooler has a circular rounded form onto a shaped circular spreading foot. The surface of the cooler is embellished with exceptional chased floral and scrolling foliate decoration, all on a matte background. The decoration to the body incorporates a large scroll bordered cartouche to either side, each ornamented with a contemporary engraved coat of arms depicting firstly a chevron charged with three lions passant guardant, secondly in chief three cross-crosslet and to the base a lion passant. This antique wine cooler is fitted with an exceptional pair of cast silver handles realistically modelled in the form of an eagle with raised wings, perched on a large scrolling leaf design. This impressive cooler is supported by a cast circular shaped spreading foot embellished with further floral and foliate decoration, accented with a large scrolling border to the rim. This exceptional Georgian wine cooler retains the original, hallmarked detachable liner and push fit cover. The cast sterling silver torus-shaped cover is ornamented with large floral and foliate designs, with an opposing scrolling border paralleling the shaped rim. The surface of the lining is plain and unembellished, apart from the featured hallmarks. This magnificent antique silver wine cooler...

Large scale wine cooler Cellarette or Jardinière A large George III style oval mahogany cellarette or wine cooler. Raised on four lion's paw feet. The oval body is decorated with gi...

A highly decorative early 20th Century mahogany hexagon shaped wine cooler / cellarette in the Regency style, the shaped top having a gadrooned edge with a carved shell and turned an...

An oval mahogany wine cooler, George III period, circa 1790. With excellent, unrestored, deep, rich color and patination, and original solid-brass carrying handles to either side. This smart Georgian wine cooler (cellaret or cellarette) retains its original waxed surface and patina. It is brass-bound (of coopered construction) supported on its separate, original stand. Raised on square tapering legs terminating in its original brass cappings and castors. It can be also used as a small side table or lamp table. Comes with a bespoke, clear, safety glass cover. Nb. An antique oval wine cooler of this design is quite rare, and makes a very elegant addition to a dining room sideboard, or an occasional table in a drawing room. By removing the top, some examples of this form of wine cooler were often later converted to be used as jardinières. See Christies, 23rd May 2013, lot 23: a mahogany oval wine cooler sold @ £17,500. Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 640: “In late Georgian times the wine cooler was generally a plain mahogany tub hooped with brass and standing on four legs. Mary Kenyon in a letter to her mother (October 30th 1775) wrote that among the furniture in the parlour of her new house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields was a ''handsome cistern of mahogany with brass hoops etc. under the sideboard”. A typical example of a brass-bound wine cooler is shown in a picture by Zoffany, representing William Ferguson...