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Silver, Room 65, The Whiteley Galleries

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Chesterfield Wine Cooler

Wine Cooler
1727-1728 (made)
Artist/Maker
Paul Crespin (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

'Chesterfield wine cooler'. Silver, England, London hallmarks for 1727-28 and mark of Paul Crespin.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Silver
Drinking
Object type
Wine cooler
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Wine Cooler
  • Liner
  • Liner
TitleChesterfield Wine Cooler (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
'Chesterfield wine cooler'. Silver, England, London hallmarks for 1727-28 and mark of Paul Crespin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
  • Length: 35cm
  • Width: 29.75cm
  • Weight: 5630.6g
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark of Paul Crespin (1694-1770) overstriking Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) struck on the base of the cooler.
  • Arms and Engraving
  • Town mark: London
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund, Christies International, Pilgrim Trust, the Wolfson Foundation through The Art Fund, the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Mr. Jacques Koopman, Asprey Plc, Schroder Trust, John S Cohen Foundation, Spink & Son Ltd, Sir Peter Michael, C.T. Bowring (Charities Fund) Ltd, Jocelyn and Katharine Morton Charitable Trust, Tessiers Ltd and other contributors to the Chesterfield Wine Coolers Appeal
Association
Chesterfield, Phillip Stanhope (4th Earl Of)
Bibliographic references
  • 'Pair of Wine Coolers'. Catalogue entry in: Paul de Lamerie. At the Sign of The Golden Ball. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 16 May - 22 June, 1990. London: The Goldsmiths' Company, 1990. ISBN 0907814190
  • Glanville, Philippa. 'The Chesterfield Wine Coolers'. National Art Collection Fund Review (1990), pp. 103-8.
  • Cartier, I, The Chesterfield Wine Cooler, V&A/RCA History of Design Essay
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.1 to B-1990

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Record createdApril 28, 1999
Record URL
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