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Wine Cooler
Marked by: David Willaume I (British, 1658–about 1741)
English (London)
1718–19
Medium/Technique
Silver (Britannia standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 31.8 x 18.5 cm (7 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Weight: 104 oz (3234g)
Weight: 104 oz (3234g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.83a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
DescriptionElongated octagonal body on stepped base. The sides are cast and chased with panels of diaperwork enclosing flowerheads. Front and back have an applied fish-scale and laurel cartouche below an earl's coronet and engraved with an earl's armorials. Two reeded loop handles with double acanthus and baluster heads. The interior fitted with a removable platform pierced with foliate scrolls.
Marks
Struck under base with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1718-19 and with maker's mark of David Willaume (Grimwade 3194).
InscriptionsThe inscription under the base reads: "Lord Camden was Babtized with water that was put into this July ye 12 1740 at Blackheath"
The arms are those of Noel, Earls of Gainsborough
The arms are those of Noel, Earls of Gainsborough
ProvenanceMade for Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough (1694-1759). by descent within Gainsborough family until 1993; November, 10, 1993, sold by a "gentleman" at Christie's, London, lot 250, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)