Cellarette
1800–10
Object Placepossibly Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMahogany; finial, eastern white pine
Dimensions77.5 x 73.7 x 54.6 cm (30 1/2 x 29 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Burr S. Swezey, Jr. and family
Accession number2000.846
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
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A cellarette was used to store and chill wine bottles. This example descended in the Derby family and is possibly the one appraised in the 1814 inventory for $25. Its gilt finial in the form of a spaniel-perhaps modeled on a family pet-is recognizable in the British tea set displayed on the sideboard.
ProvenanceProbably owned originally by Elizabeth Derby West and used at her home, Oak Hill; descended in Derby family to the donor.
about 1823-1827
1740–50
