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.
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
Used At Rundlet-May House,
Unknown
England
10.75 (H), 7.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1515.1AB
New Hampshire (United States)
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