Antique Georgian Period Mahogany Wine Cooler or Jardinière

A wine cooler by Holland & Sons Constructed in mahogany, rising from swept cabriole legs with castors; the bombe and serpentine form body having a lockable cover, with a Bramah lock, marked '124 Piccadilly', enclosing a removable silver plated rectangular container. Stamped to the inner lip 'Holland & Sons'. Holland & Sons Originally founded in 1803 by Stephen Taprell and William Holland, a relation of the architect Henry Holland, the firm of Holland & Sons soon became one of the largest and most successful furniture making companies in the 19th Century. The firm worked extensively for the Royal Family, being granted the Royal Warrant early in the reign of Queen Victoria, hence taking a leading part in the decoration and furnishing of Osborne House, Sandringham, Balmoral, Windsor Castle and the apartments of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. Holland and Sons also worked extensively for the British Government, for whom they executed over three hundred separate commissions, including the Palace of Westminster, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and oversaw the State funeral of the Duke of Wellington. Among their private commissions the firm produced a celebrated suite of bedroom furniture for the late Sir Harold Wernher at Luton Hoo. Always at the forefront of fashion, Holland & Sons employed some of England's leading designers and participated in all of the International Exhibitions of 1851, 1855, 1862, 1867, 1872 and 1878 and the Vienna Expo of 1873. Joseph Bramah (1749-1814) was a practical Yorkshire inventor, responsible for the first flushing toilet, a beer engine...

A highly decorative wine cooler in the Graeco-Roman taste Of cylindrical form, constructed in well figured oak, supported by tripartite feet, of complex winged foot form, with brass castors under: the body with a lobed lower rim, with a running anthemion design over, and surmounted by a pattern of running studded bosses in the upper reserve. The hinged cover with a carved Greek key motif, further anthemions above and capped with a lotus bud finial. The interior is now baize lined. The four lever lock...

Constructed in oak, rising from wood castor shod bun footed baluster legs adorned with lotus leaf carving, the body of everted sarcophagus form, carved with ring handles, and having ...

A French Ormolu-Mounted Neoclassical Jardinière Constructed using flamed Cuban mahogany and dressed with hand-chased and gilded bronze mounts, supported on scrolled foliate feet, th...

A Regency Mahogany Wine Cooler with reeded vertical corner details in the manner of Gillows, on reeded bun feet and inset casters. Additional information: Dimension: Width: 82 cm, 3...

19th Century Georgian oval mahogany wine cooler with brass banding and drop handles

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...

Rectangular hinged and domed top with carved finial opening to a well , lower conforming serpentine bombe case with scroll carved corners, carved scroll feet. Casters.