A large Irish Regency style brass bound mahogany wine cooler

of coopered form with scallop impressed gilt-brass moulded edge and gilt-brass mounted lion paw feet on cappings and castors, with a later lead lining

Aghade Lodge, Tullow, Co. Carlow

Very Decorative object that looks the part. Surface generally good with typical minor separations to coopered elements. Gilt brass surface with tarnishing. This piece has undergone appropriate restoration. Castors are a bit sticky. The lead lining hasn't been tested for water retention.
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The quality and scale of the present Regency inspired wine cooler suggests it is the output of a notable 19^th century Irish maker. Michael Butler of Dublin was the city's leading maker and retailer of eighteenth-century revivalist furniture, as well as a restorer of period originals, and is a likely candidate for the authorship of this piece.