Wine cooler
Joseph Preedy
Category
Silver
Date
1799 - 1800
Materials
Silver-gilt, sterling
Measurements
24.5 x 26.0 x 23.4 cm; 3302 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516463.1.1
Summary
The body of a wine cooler (part of two pairs of matched wine coolers), silver-gilt (sterling), marks of William Pitts & Joseph Preedy, London, 1799/1800. The urn-shaped body stands on an undecorated circular foot ring, which supports a cast moulded border of laurel leaves and berries. The short trumpet-shaped stem is raised and embossed with fluting; at the top is a cast everted border of stiff leaves. The conical calyx is applied with large acanthus leaves, which project beyond the narrow border of laurel leaves above. The slightly sloping sides of the matted body are applied with a broad sculptural frieze depicting The Triumph of Bacchus, with a young Bacchus in a chariot drawn by panthers, and a drunken Silenius on a donkey. They are attended by a boy riding a goat, dancers, musicians and small boys. Suspended beneath the rim is an openwork festoon of vine leaves and grapes. On either side the mask of a bearded satyr sits beneath a small cast double loop handle. The rim is applied with a gadroon and shell border. Heraldry: Engraved on the foot with two crests surmounted by mottoes beneath a viscount’s coronet for DUNCAN-HALDANE, Viscounts Duncan of Camperdown later Earls of Camperdown of Lundie and Gleneagles, of: (a) on waves of the sea a dismasted ship, for DUNCAN, motto: disce patti; (b) an eagle’s head, for HALDANE, motto: suffer.
Full description
For further details see master object entry.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the outside of the foot ring : Description: Hallmarks: ‘WP’ over ‘IP’ (William Pitts and Joseph Preedy*), lion passant (sterling), leopard’s head (London), ‘D’ (1799/1800), and monarch’s head (duty mark) * Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London, 1990, p 232, no 3272 On the side of the foot: Number to identify parts: 'No 1' On the underside of the wine cooler’s foot : Description: Old NT inventory number: AA/S/72 Inside the wine cooler’s foot ring : Description: Current NT inventory number: 516463.1.1
Makers and roles
Joseph Preedy, goldsmith