Object Description
A fine George IV mahogany wine cooler attributed to Gillows, in the form of a classical urn with everted lip and boldly gadrooned sides, set upon a flaring, flanged support with fluted lobes, on a square plinth, with the original lead liner and a new removable spun brass liner. English, c1813.
Footnote: For a very similar single example purchased by Stephen Tempest in 1813 for Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire see Susan E Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 2008. Vol II p94 pl 640 and Vol I p323 pl 367 (in situ underneath a sideboard).