Antique Georgian Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Shaped Wine Cellarette Cooler 1810 Paintings The body of each urn

The body of each urn is very finely handpainted with two bucolic/farming scenes and on the other side figural subjects in a pastoral setting

cream and copper glaze

this handsome chest on chest is made from the very finest Cuban mahogany and all the drawer linings and sides are made of dovetailed hardwood

a theme which became particularly pronounced in an abstract expressionist style after the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War

Antique Georgian Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Shaped Wine Cellarette Cooler 1810 Paintings The body of each urnA fine and large antique Georgian Regency period mahogany wine cellarette, circa 1810. This large cellarette is of sarcophagus shape and displays the influence of neoclassicism in the late 18th century, the hinged lid with a central rectangular tablet above sloped sides, to the interior is the original galvanized tin liner which would easily accommodate a full case of wine. The base of taped form with a stepped plinth and raised on compressed bun feet