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Pair of wine coolers
English (probably Sheffield)
about 1790
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Fused plate
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 34.3 x 23.7 cm (8 11/16 x 13 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number41.616.2a-d
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionElliptical bowl decorated with chased leaf pattern on plain coved foot. Band of grapevine pattern in repousse and gadrooned molding around rim. Bezeled flat top has two circular openings for cylindrical wells to hold bottles; cylindrical collars in bottom of bowl support wells which have banded rims. Elliptical ring handles affixed to Bacchanalian masks at ends. Set with 41.617.
Marks
No marks
Inscriptionsnone
ProvenanceAbout 1790, Elias Hasket Derby (b. 1739 - d. 1799) and his wife, Elizabeth Crowninshield Derby (b. 1736), Salem, MA [see note 1]; by descent to their daughter, Elizabeth Derby (b. 1762 - d. 1814) and her husband, Nathaniel West (b. 1756), Salem; by descent to their daughter, Martha West (b. 1787 - d. 1851), Salem; 1838, gift of Martha West to Elizabeth Endicott (b. 1797 - d. 1866) and Augustus Perry (d. 1871?), Salem [see note 2]; 1871, by inheritance to their nephew, William Crowninshield Endicott (b. 1826 - d. 1900), Salem and Boston; 1900, by inheritance to his son, William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. (b. 1860 - d. 1936) and his wife, Louise Thoron Endicott, Boston; 1939, sold by Mrs. Endicott to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963) and Martha Codman Karolik (d. 1948), Newport, RI; 1941, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1941)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance is discussed by Edwin J. Hipkiss, Eighteenth-Century American Arts: The M. and M. Karolik Collection (Cambridge, MA, 1941), p. 254, cat. no. 180. [2] The wine coolers were given as a wedding present.
NOTES:
[1] The provenance is discussed by Edwin J. Hipkiss, Eighteenth-Century American Arts: The M. and M. Karolik Collection (Cambridge, MA, 1941), p. 254, cat. no. 180. [2] The wine coolers were given as a wedding present.