Antique Georgian Regency Flame Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cellarette Cooler 1820 Drawings & Prints In 1899 at the World's

In 1899 at the World's Fair in Paris

by the Italian sculptor Ferdinando de Luca

Please see a very similar helmet in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum

to escape creditors In 1854 he appeared at the ‘Court of Relief of Insolvent Debtors’ in Lincoln’s Inn and in 1861 was imprisoned at the ‘Debtor’s Prison for London and Middlesex’

" and stamped "AP 2250

Antique Georgian Regency Flame Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cellarette Cooler 1820 Drawings & Prints In 1899 at the World'sA fine antique Georgian Regency flame mahogany wine cellarette or cooler, circa 1820. The sacophagus shaped cellarette having a band of carved eplipital decoration to the top and a gadrooned edge to the hinged lid, the slanted paneled base is raised on a plinth base with corresponding gadrooning and the original brass casters. To the inside is the original galvanized zinc liner, the liner has six sections for wine decanters or bottles, the liner is