Wine Cooler
1775-1796 (made)
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Object Type
A wine cooler or ice pail for a single bottle was a French refinement for dining more informally in smaller numbers. Introduced into Britain in the early 18th century, it was filled with ice to chill the wine before serving. This wine cooler is known to be one of a set of four. Paintings and engravings of the 18th century show wine coolers placed on side tables within easy reach of the diners. By the early 19th century, these individual wine coolers were beginning to be left on the table as part of the dressing of very grand dinners.
People
The wine cooler was ordered by Charles, 4th Earl of Tankerville, after his marriage to Emma Colebrooke in 1771. The arms of both form the central decoration of the salver. Tankerville was reported to be 'a very haughty honourable man ... but very communicative and entertaining ... His only remaining passion is for clever men, of which description he considers himself as one, tho' certainly unjustly'. The wine cooler was made by the silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler (active 1735-1778), now believed to be a family member and successor to the Rococo silversmith Charles Kandler (active 1727-1750), who emigrated from Germany to London in the 1720s.
Design
This wine cooler in bucket form owes much to French style, in both shape and decoration, as a design now in the National Museum, Stockholm demonstrates.
A wine cooler or ice pail for a single bottle was a French refinement for dining more informally in smaller numbers. Introduced into Britain in the early 18th century, it was filled with ice to chill the wine before serving. This wine cooler is known to be one of a set of four. Paintings and engravings of the 18th century show wine coolers placed on side tables within easy reach of the diners. By the early 19th century, these individual wine coolers were beginning to be left on the table as part of the dressing of very grand dinners.
People
The wine cooler was ordered by Charles, 4th Earl of Tankerville, after his marriage to Emma Colebrooke in 1771. The arms of both form the central decoration of the salver. Tankerville was reported to be 'a very haughty honourable man ... but very communicative and entertaining ... His only remaining passion is for clever men, of which description he considers himself as one, tho' certainly unjustly'. The wine cooler was made by the silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler (active 1735-1778), now believed to be a family member and successor to the Rococo silversmith Charles Kandler (active 1727-1750), who emigrated from Germany to London in the 1720s.
Design
This wine cooler in bucket form owes much to French style, in both shape and decoration, as a design now in the National Museum, Stockholm demonstrates.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver gilt, with chased, cast and engraved decoration |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
Charles Frederick Kandler was first recorded as working in London in 1735. His silver showed a consistently Continental influence. This wine cooler follows French Neo-classical silver by using a strong, simple outline and bold motifs, such as the Vitruvian scroll on the frieze and the strongly-modelled rams' heads for handles.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Given in memory of Alexander Allan Paton CB (1873-1934), by his sister, Mary Paton |
| Object history | Made in London by Charles Frederick Kandler (born about 1695, died in London, 1778); the rim by J. Wakelin and R. Garrard (partnership established in 1792) |
| Summary | Object Type A wine cooler or ice pail for a single bottle was a French refinement for dining more informally in smaller numbers. Introduced into Britain in the early 18th century, it was filled with ice to chill the wine before serving. This wine cooler is known to be one of a set of four. Paintings and engravings of the 18th century show wine coolers placed on side tables within easy reach of the diners. By the early 19th century, these individual wine coolers were beginning to be left on the table as part of the dressing of very grand dinners. People The wine cooler was ordered by Charles, 4th Earl of Tankerville, after his marriage to Emma Colebrooke in 1771. The arms of both form the central decoration of the salver. Tankerville was reported to be 'a very haughty honourable man ... but very communicative and entertaining ... His only remaining passion is for clever men, of which description he considers himself as one, tho' certainly unjustly'. The wine cooler was made by the silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler (active 1735-1778), now believed to be a family member and successor to the Rococo silversmith Charles Kandler (active 1727-1750), who emigrated from Germany to London in the 1720s. Design This wine cooler in bucket form owes much to French style, in both shape and decoration, as a design now in the National Museum, Stockholm demonstrates. |
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| Accession number | M.596A-1936 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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