European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Sold Without Reserve
Auction Closed
October 22, 05:21 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold Without Reserve
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL
19th Century
STILL LIFE OF A SILVER COVERED WINE COOLER AND SILVER EWER
oil on canvas
17⅛ by 13⅜ in.
43.5 by 34 cm
Schweitzer Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1973
The piece on the right in the present lot is a covered wine cooler made by the Rundell & Bridge firm in London in 1821-22 for Thomas Coutts and his wife Harriot Mellon, the future Duchess of St. Albans. Another set of four wine coolers similar to the one pictured were made for George IV in 1828-29.