Wine Cooler
1777 (marked)
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This wine cooler is one of a pair. The most unusual feature of these wine coolers are the figural handles in the shape of poodles. Resting one paw on an elegant scroll, the dogs appear to attempt climbing over the rim of the coolers to look at the surprises they might hold inside.
Such whimsical combinations of highly refined overall form and decoration with playful elements are comparable to French porcelain and silver of the mid-eighteenth century. It is therefore possible that the present pair which bears the hallmarks of Genoa is inspired by or copied after French examples.
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Their collection is on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Such whimsical combinations of highly refined overall form and decoration with playful elements are comparable to French porcelain and silver of the mid-eighteenth century. It is therefore possible that the present pair which bears the hallmarks of Genoa is inspired by or copied after French examples.
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Their collection is on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Chased and cast silver |
| Brief description | Silver wine cooler, Genoa, 1777; one of a pair |
| Physical description | Silver wine cooler with an inverted bell shaped body, the sides decorated with vines and grapes with oval medallions of putti, the two handles formed a poodles standing on their hind legs; one of a pair |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Genoa hallmark, 1777 (marked under the base.) |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Sale, Christie's, Geneva, lot 79, 17 April 1976; sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 22, 13 December 1984; acquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1985. |
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| Summary | This wine cooler is one of a pair. The most unusual feature of these wine coolers are the figural handles in the shape of poodles. Resting one paw on an elegant scroll, the dogs appear to attempt climbing over the rim of the coolers to look at the surprises they might hold inside. Such whimsical combinations of highly refined overall form and decoration with playful elements are comparable to French porcelain and silver of the mid-eighteenth century. It is therefore possible that the present pair which bears the hallmarks of Genoa is inspired by or copied after French examples. Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Their collection is on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.746-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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