Description
Pair Wine Cooler Walpole, inspired by a pair of silver wine coolers (1716/17) made in the French style by William Lukin I (British, active 1699– ca.1755) for Britain’s first prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole. These contemporary interpretation of the originals wine coolers features a silver plated antiqued finish, blending historical elegance with modern sophistication.
Height 12.6″ (32cm) Max Diam 11.8″ (30cm) €3250 Pair
HISTORIC PROVENANCE Our design is inspired by a pair of 18th-century wine coolers made for Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister, who displayed them in the dining room of his grand country home called Houghton Hall. Such spectacular vessels designed to hold individual wine bottles were a novelty, and epitomized the fashionable taste and opulence of one of the wealthiest men in 18th-century England.