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Wine Cooler

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1833

GUSN

GUSN-48652

Description

A) Open urn-shaped form. Circular base with a reeded border, on a squared plinth with concave sides and rounded corners with a gadrooned border with fine stippling between ribs. Base surmounted by two grotesque masks- men with beards. Plain large band above reeding with gadrooned border, large circular mouth. B) Removable bowl shaped liner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wine coolers
gadrooning
silver (metal)
plate (material)
stipple engraving (printing process)
grotesques
foils (arcs)
Sheffield plate
Silver
Lobed
Gadrooned
Grotesque
Sheffield
Stipple Engraved
COOLER, WINE

Associated Building

Used At Rundlet-May House,

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

10.75 (H), 7.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1515.1AB

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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