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18 October 2005, 14:00 BST
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Find your local specialistA rare Davenport terra-cotta wine cooler
circa 1800-10
of U shape with boldly modelled dolphin handles, crisply moulded in high relief with a portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson flanked by fruiting oak branches, the reverse with a group of battle trophies, 25.2cm, impressed anchor and 'Davenport' in lower case (loss to moulded detail on rim and to one applied oak leaf, otherwise a few minor chips only)
of U shape with boldly modelled dolphin handles, crisply moulded in high relief with a portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson flanked by fruiting oak branches, the reverse with a group of battle trophies, 25.2cm, impressed anchor and 'Davenport' in lower case (loss to moulded detail on rim and to one applied oak leaf, otherwise a few minor chips only)
Footnotes
Another Nelson wine cooler, similar except that the handles take the form of satyr masks, is illustrated by Terence A Lockett and Geoffery A Godden, Davenport, p 107, pls 75 and 75. Dolphin handles can be seen on an example decorated in Egyptian style and illustrated on p 108, pl 78
