Wine cooler (one of a pair), William Lukin I, 1716/17

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Wine cooler (one of a pair), William Lukin I (British, active 1699– ), 1716/17, British, London, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in., oz. (21 x x cm, ), Metalwork-Silver, William Lukin I (British, active 1699– ), These wine coolers in the French style were made for Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister. They furnished the dining room at Houghton Hall, the grand country house Walpole built for his famous collection of paintings, which was later sold to Catherine II of Russia

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