Baines & Son
Regency Figured Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cooler by Baines & Son
ENGLAND, CIRCA 1825
55 x 106 x 52 cm
21 ¾ x 41 ¾ x 20 ½ in
21 ¾ x 41 ¾ x 20 ½ in
JL34
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland
Of sarcophagus form, the hinged top enclosing a copper lined interior and with a brass ratchet support, the panelled body with vine-case handles to the sides, on foliate scrolled paw...
Of sarcophagus form, the hinged top enclosing a copper lined interior and with a brass ratchet support, the panelled body with vine-case handles to the sides, on foliate scrolled paw feet and brass castors, the
interior stamped ‘‘BAINES & SON NO 1 ST PAULS CHURCHYARD’.
The firm of Baines & Son are recorded as trading from St. Paul's Churchyard between 1822 and 1828. Abraham Baines & Son, cabinet and upholstery warehousemen fl.1811–28 and Margaret or Margery Baines & Son, John, are listed at the premises from 1823–27.
St Paul's Churchyard was a historically important location for cabinet makers and included many makers from the 17th to the 19th centuries including Thomas Warden, cane chair maker (17th century), William Old and John Ody (1710-20), Coxed and Woster (1718-35), Thomas Bradshaw (1754-75), Philiip Bell (fl. 1758–74) and Thomas Silk (fl. 1767–1801), and complementary trades such as the locksmiths Chubb (registered there in 1818).
According to British and Irish Furniture Makers Online, the stamp of ‘BAINES & SON NO 1 ST PAULS CHURCHYARD’ is extant on a pair of birch chairs.
A Baines & Son mahogany wine cooler of similar form was offered for sale at Sotheby's London, 29 November 2002 (lot 19).
Interestingly Baines & Son produced a monopodium Rosewood table with a plaque underneath stating, in French, that Napoleon Bonaparte signed his abdication upon it in 1814 at Fontainebleau.
interior stamped ‘‘BAINES & SON NO 1 ST PAULS CHURCHYARD’.
The firm of Baines & Son are recorded as trading from St. Paul's Churchyard between 1822 and 1828. Abraham Baines & Son, cabinet and upholstery warehousemen fl.1811–28 and Margaret or Margery Baines & Son, John, are listed at the premises from 1823–27.
St Paul's Churchyard was a historically important location for cabinet makers and included many makers from the 17th to the 19th centuries including Thomas Warden, cane chair maker (17th century), William Old and John Ody (1710-20), Coxed and Woster (1718-35), Thomas Bradshaw (1754-75), Philiip Bell (fl. 1758–74) and Thomas Silk (fl. 1767–1801), and complementary trades such as the locksmiths Chubb (registered there in 1818).
According to British and Irish Furniture Makers Online, the stamp of ‘BAINES & SON NO 1 ST PAULS CHURCHYARD’ is extant on a pair of birch chairs.
A Baines & Son mahogany wine cooler of similar form was offered for sale at Sotheby's London, 29 November 2002 (lot 19).
Interestingly Baines & Son produced a monopodium Rosewood table with a plaque underneath stating, in French, that Napoleon Bonaparte signed his abdication upon it in 1814 at Fontainebleau.