A Pair of Geo III Wine Coolers
A Pair of Geo III Wine Coolers
The Townsend-Brooke Wine Coolers of Haughton Hall
Sheffield, 1801
Maker’s mark of George Ashcroft
Height: 22.86 cm, 9 in
Weight: 5,204 g, 167 oz 6 dwt
Bearing the coat of arms of George Townshend Brooke
George Townshend Brooke acquired Haughton Hall and the lands in and around Shifnal as his share. Between 1820 and 1830 he considerably enlarged the hall, and his descendants remained at Haughton until after the First World
The coolers sit of round pedestal bases rising to the half-fluted main bodies. The reeded handles terminating in Bacchic masks the original capes and liner resting on a gadrooned border.
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