Wine Cooler
ca. 1890- ca. 1910 (made)
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This silver wine cooler is an important example of historicist taste. It is a copy of an eighteenth-century design by the influential French architect, designer and goldsmith, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. His design for a single-bottle wine cooler was originally executed in 1723 for Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, who was Prime Minister under Louis XV from 1723-26.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, cast, chased, engraved |
| Brief description | Silver wine cooler decorated with Neptune and mermaids, after Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. Attributed to J. D. Schleissner Söhne, Hanau, ca. 1890- ca. 1910. |
| Physical description | Wine cooler for one bottle, the handles formed of two mermaids holding sea monsters. On both sides a panel shows Neptune in his chariot drawn by sea horses beneath the arms of Louis-Henri de Bourbon. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Pine cone mark; R.C. [or R.C] crowned (The pine cone mark, which derives from the celebrated town mark of Augsburg, is frequently found on reproduction pieces. A series of pieces bearing the crowned RC mark has been attributed by Wolfgang Scheffler to the prominent Hanau firm of J.D. Schleissner, leading makers of historicist silver.) |
| Credit line | Given by Joan Hurst through Art Fund |
| Object history | The design of the wine cooler follows, with a number of variations, the published engraving of a wine cooler designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier for Louis-Henri de Bourbon, prince de Condé (1692-1740) in 1723. The original cooler does not survive, but a number of 19th century versions, inspired by the engraving, are known. |
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| Summary | This silver wine cooler is an important example of historicist taste. It is a copy of an eighteenth-century design by the influential French architect, designer and goldsmith, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. His design for a single-bottle wine cooler was originally executed in 1723 for Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, who was Prime Minister under Louis XV from 1723-26. |
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| Accession number | M.33-2006 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2008 |
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