Very Large Regency Wine Cooler
Large Regency Mahogany Wine Cooler
£2,750
Price includes UK Mainland Delivery
This is one of my favourite pieces in the shop – it always starts a conversation, and, because of its size, many consider it to be a small coffin (on wheels)! It is still extremely glamourous and opulent, even at a ripe age of 210 years old. Indeed when you lift the lid and see the original liner intact, you can still smell the remnants of the booze it once carried at opulent parties like those held in Bridgerton.
Believed to once have been in Carbisdale Castle when owned by the Salvesen family and perhaps used by King Haakon VII & the subsequent King Olav V who used the castle as a refuge during the Nazi occupation of Norway in WWII.
However, its origins are much older than that. The original wine cooler was commissioned by Henry Jernegan in London in 1734–1735.
Wine Coolers like this developed from the smaller cellarettes that were popular in Colonial America in the 18th Century – when they were typically kept under a sideboard or side table and rolled out for use. They were normally quite small and were used to keep wine for just a particular amount of time at a function rather than to refrigerate or display in an opulent manner to your guests.
Regency mahogany wine coolers were often sarcophagus-shaped and had brass lion mask handles and bronze lion paw feet. They could have a flat top or a sarcophagus-shaped top and some, like this one, were made with brass handles and castors for easy movement.
Only the very wealthy owned wine coolers because bottled wine was only consumed by people with status in the 18th & 19th centuries.
Lead lining was also important, and most coolers were on legs that terminated on brass castors so that staff could easily transport the wine from the serving quarters to the dining room. Wine coolers became very popular as a dining rooms themselves became more popular as a room to entertain. As a result, the design became more ornate to showcase the wine and not be just as a functional piece.
Unfortunately, many wine coolers were converted to log boxes with the advent of alternative refrigeration and so good quality original coolers are becoming increasingly rare.
Large Regency Mahogany Wine Cooler
£2,750
Price includes UK Mainland Delivery
This is one of my favourite pieces in the shop – it always starts a conversation, and, because of its size, many consider it to be a small coffin (on wheels)! It is still extremely glamourous and opulent, even at a ripe age of 210 years old. Indeed when you lift the lid and see the original liner intact, you can still smell the remnants of the booze it once carried at opulent parties like those held in Bridgerton.
Believed to once have been in Carbisdale Castle when owned by the Salvesen family and perhaps used by King Haakon VII & the subsequent King Olav V who used the castle as a refuge during the Nazi occupation of Norway in WWII.
However, its origins are much older than that. The original wine cooler was commissioned by Henry Jernegan in London in 1734–1735.
Wine Coolers like this developed from the smaller cellarettes that were popular in Colonial America in the 18th Century – when they were typically kept under a sideboard or side table and rolled out for use. They were normally quite small and were used to keep wine for just a particular amount of time at a function rather than to refrigerate or display in an opulent manner to your guests.
Regency mahogany wine coolers were often sarcophagus-shaped and had brass lion mask handles and bronze lion paw feet. They could have a flat top or a sarcophagus-shaped top and some, like this one, were made with brass handles and castors for easy movement.
Only the very wealthy owned wine coolers because bottled wine was only consumed by people with status in the 18th & 19th centuries.
Lead lining was also important, and most coolers were on legs that terminated on brass castors so that staff could easily transport the wine from the serving quarters to the dining room. Wine coolers became very popular as a dining rooms themselves became more popular as a room to entertain. As a result, the design became more ornate to showcase the wine and not be just as a functional piece.
Unfortunately, many wine coolers were converted to log boxes with the advent of alternative refrigeration and so good quality original coolers are becoming increasingly rare.
Large Regency Mahogany Wine Cooler
£2,750
Price includes UK Mainland Delivery
This is one of my favourite pieces in the shop – it always starts a conversation, and, because of its size, many consider it to be a small coffin (on wheels)! It is still extremely glamourous and opulent, even at a ripe age of 210 years old. Indeed when you lift the lid and see the original liner intact, you can still smell the remnants of the booze it once carried at opulent parties like those held in Bridgerton.
Believed to once have been in Carbisdale Castle when owned by the Salvesen family and perhaps used by King Haakon VII & the subsequent King Olav V who used the castle as a refuge during the Nazi occupation of Norway in WWII.
However, its origins are much older than that. The original wine cooler was commissioned by Henry Jernegan in London in 1734–1735.
Wine Coolers like this developed from the smaller cellarettes that were popular in Colonial America in the 18th Century – when they were typically kept under a sideboard or side table and rolled out for use. They were normally quite small and were used to keep wine for just a particular amount of time at a function rather than to refrigerate or display in an opulent manner to your guests.
Regency mahogany wine coolers were often sarcophagus-shaped and had brass lion mask handles and bronze lion paw feet. They could have a flat top or a sarcophagus-shaped top and some, like this one, were made with brass handles and castors for easy movement.
Only the very wealthy owned wine coolers because bottled wine was only consumed by people with status in the 18th & 19th centuries.
Lead lining was also important, and most coolers were on legs that terminated on brass castors so that staff could easily transport the wine from the serving quarters to the dining room. Wine coolers became very popular as a dining rooms themselves became more popular as a room to entertain. As a result, the design became more ornate to showcase the wine and not be just as a functional piece.
Unfortunately, many wine coolers were converted to log boxes with the advent of alternative refrigeration and so good quality original coolers are becoming increasingly rare.