Wine cooler
Edward Barnard & Sons
Category
Metalwork
Date
1842 - 1843
Materials
silver, sterling
Measurements
29.1 x 66.5 x 31.1 cm; 7905 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516397.1
Summary
The body of a wine cooler modelled as a four-wheeled chariot, silver (sterling), mark of Edward Barnard & Sons, London, 1842/3, repurposed as a jardiniere. Standing on four fixed cast wheels; the scrolled spokes centre on a berry-like hub, attached to ornate cast axils with central fluted lobes partially surrounded by acanthus leaves. Rising from one lobe is a cast scrolled draft pole. A rococo shield at its terminal is inscribed: ‘PRESENTED/ TO THE OFFICERS OF THE/ 1st REGT OF LIFE GUARDS/ by Sir H. Hervey Bruce Bart/ on his leaving the regiment/ 1841’. Each side of the jardiniere is decorated with embossed lobes, applied foliage, panels of engraved diaper-work, and a large plaque secured by three screws. The plaques centre on the cypher of the Life Guards, ‘LG’ within their motto: ‘HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE’, with the royal crown above. On either side flags inscribed ‘WATERLOO’ and ‘PENINSULA’ hang between sprays of oak or laurel leaves; a ribbon, inscribed on ‘FIRST REGIMENT’ is draped below. Standing proud at either end of the wine cooler is a large cast figure of winged Victory holding a laurel wreath in her outstretched arms. Beneath the figure at the front is a lobe engraved with a coat of arms and crest. The wine cooler’s original liner is missing. Heraldry: The arms and crest are those of BRUCE, as used by Sir Henry Hervey Bruce. (Arms: on a saltire Gules a harp Argent, on a chief of the 2nd on a canton overall Argent a lion rampant Azur; crest: lion passant Azure holding in his dexter paw a trefoil slipped Vert.) Scratch weight: None
Full description
For further details see master object entry.
Provenance
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet (1820-1907) The 1st Regiment of Life Guards (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents. National Trust
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Under the rim, on a panel of diaperwork: Hallmarks: EE/B/JW (Edward senior, Edward junior, John and William Barnard, for Edward Barnard & Sons*), lion passant (sterling), leopard’s head (London), G (1842/3), and monarch’s head * Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London, 1990, p 52, no 575; and John Culme: The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914, Woodbridge, 1987, vol 1, pp 29-30 On the detachable plaques: Partial hallmarks: EE/B/JW, lion passant, and monarch’s head.
Makers and roles
Edward Barnard & Sons, goldsmith