18th Century George III Period Mahogany Serpentine Cellaret

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...

A George III mahogany octagonal brass bound wine cooler on its original stand. The hinged lid encloses an eight division interior, with brass carrying handles on the side and a fixed...

18th century (George I) English mahogany oval open wine cooler with original brass bound decoration and original brass carrying handles resting on its original square legs stand with...

An exceptional George III mahogany cellaret of oval form with a superb radially fluted hinged lid centred by a stylised fluted finial, edged by a reeded border with inset carved pat...

19th Century George III Mahogany octagonal cellarette. The tapering body with simple moldings stands on four tapering square legs terminating on simple brass castors. The piece is co...

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...