Wine cooler (one of a pair) 1716/17 William Lukin I British 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. Coolers for individual bottles of wine were a novelty in England, and these reflected the fashionable taste and deep pockets of one of the most powerful men in the country. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #2138. Silver an
Wine cooler (one of a pair) 1716/17 William Lukin I British 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. Coolers for individual bottles of wine were a novelty in England, and these reflected the fashionable taste and deep pockets of one of the most powerful men in the country. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #2138. Silver and Glass from the Sixteenth- to the Eighteenth-Century Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Wine cooler (one of a pair) 204934
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