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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: THE SAMUEL MESSER WINE COOLER, English, circa 1750

THE SAMUEL MESSER WINE COOLER, English, circa 1750

Height: 20 ¼ in; 51 cm
Width: 26 ¾ in; 68 cm
Depth: 17 ½ in; 44.5 cm
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A George II mahogany wine cooler on a stand. An important and very rare carved mahogany oval wine cooler on a stand of outstanding colour and patination, having a cross...
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A George II mahogany wine cooler on a stand.

An important and very rare carved mahogany oval wine cooler on a stand of outstanding colour and patination, having a cross veneered rim with outscrolled acanthus carved handles, fitted to a stand with moulded and shaped apron; on cabriole legs with fine acanthus carving to the knees, terminating in exceptional undercut claw and ball feet.

Note: Now fitted with a brass liner.

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Provenance

Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd., Harrogate, 1954;
Jeremy Ltd., London, 1967;
Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, 1967;
Hotspur Ltd., London, 1973;
Samuel Messer Collection, Sussex, formed under the guidance of R. W. Symonds, until 1991;
Private Collection, London.

Exhibitions

The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition, London 1954, with Charles Lumb Ltd.
Fanfare for Europe: The British Art Market, London 1973, with Hotspur Ltd.

Literature

Illustrated:
The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition handbook, 1954, p. 50; with Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd.
Antique Collector, June 1954, p. 14, trade advertisement with Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd.
The Connoisseur, June 1954, p. xxxii, trade advertisement with Charles Lumb & Sons Ltd,
Antique Collector, June 1967, trade advertisement with Hotspur Ltd,
'Fanfare for Europe' the British Art Market, handbook, 1973, p. 144, with Hotspur Ltd
Christie's, The Samuel Messer Collection of English Furniture, Clocks and Barometers, 5 December 1991, p. 135.
Nicholas Goodison and Robin Kern, Hotspur - Eighty Years of Antiques Dealing, 2004, p. 62, illus. 11.

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advice@ronaldphillips.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7493 2341

Location

26 Bruton Street,
London, W1J 6QL

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