Wine Cooler and Cover
mid 19th century (made)
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Wine cooler and cover of buff-coloured stoneware, moulded in relief and surrounded by figures in the round. The body is cylindrical, with concave sides and four feet resting on a circular base. Round the top are four heads of bears and foxes alternately from which hang festooned skins and vine-stems with grapes and foliage. On either side are reliefs representing respectively a bear killed by two bunters and a dead bear borne by two men. Round the base are figures in the round of four boys with two dogs, a fox and a dead deer. The cover is surmounted by two boys, reclining by a barrel on which is a basket of grapes.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, moulded in relief |
| Brief description | Wine cooler and cover of buff-coloured stoneware, moulded in relief, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, |
| Physical description | Wine cooler and cover of buff-coloured stoneware, moulded in relief and surrounded by figures in the round. The body is cylindrical, with concave sides and four feet resting on a circular base. Round the top are four heads of bears and foxes alternately from which hang festooned skins and vine-stems with grapes and foliage. On either side are reliefs representing respectively a bear killed by two bunters and a dead bear borne by two men. Round the base are figures in the round of four boys with two dogs, a fox and a dead deer. The cover is surmounted by two boys, reclining by a barrel on which is a basket of grapes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An ermine spot, a star and '3' (Incised) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | From the same model as a wine-cooler in a service given by Queen Victoria to the Emperor of Austria. Exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street. |
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| Accession number | 2773&A-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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