Rare and Extremely Fine Pair of Letter Wine Labels by Rawlings & Summers

A Rare George IV "Baying Foxes" Wine Label Made in London in 1827 by Rawlings & Summers. This rare heavy die stamped wine label is shaped, broad rectangular, in form and is decorate...

A Rare George III Wine Label Made in London in 1799 by Elizabeth Morley. The label is modelled in the broad rectangular cut cornered form with a domed section above. This piece has ...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...

A very fine and rare 19th century flame mahogany cellerette with liner. The moulded, hand carved body of octagonal form with double brass banding detail, flanked with ring carrying handles to the sides, raised over reeded apron...