ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

细节

A REGENCY MAHOGANY WINE-COOLER
Attributed to Gillows
The rounded rectangular thick moulded lip enclosing a later lead liner, the tapering gadrooned body above turned gadrooned tapering feet, with countersunk brass castors
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high; 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

来源

The Marquesses of Bristol, and by descent to the late Frederick, 7th Marquess of Bristol, Ickworth, Suffolk, from whom bought privately by the present owner.

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍场告示

This wine cooler was originally supplied by Banting and France to the Marquess of Bristol's London house in St. James's Square, although presumably it was made by Gillows and only supplied by Banting and France. It is en suite with other parts of the St. James's Square dining-room furniture that are now at Ickworth.
We are grateful to Nino Strachey of The National Trust for this information.

拍品专文

The Grecian reed-gadrooned 'sarcophagus' sideboard cistern is likely to have been executed by Gillow of London and Lancaster, and follows a pattern featured in their 1820 sketch book (Westminster archive no. 3064). It was commissioned by Frederick William Hervey, later 1st Marquess of Bristol (d. 1859), and matches the dining-table now at Ickworth, Suffolk. It has been suggested that the dining-table was supplied in 1821 for the family's London mansion in St. James's Square by the firm of Banting, France & Co., but is not mentioned in the firms surviving accounts. There is a possibility that the furniture was supplied instead by Gillow for the dining-room at Ickworth, Suffolk, whose decoration was being carried out from 1824.