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By the early 19th century, these individual wine coolers were beginning to be left on the table as part of the dressing of very grand dinners.<br><br><b>People</b><br>This wine cooler was made by Paul Storr (1771-1842), who managed a workshop for a firm of Royal Goldsmiths - Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. The design has been attributed to William Theed (1764-1817), a painter and sculptor who worked for the company from 1803 to 1817 as chief modeller and head of the design studio.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>The design of this wine cooler has been put together from several sources. The vase form and the handles derive directly from the celebrated Medici Vase (a 1st-century AD,neo-Attic marble, now in the Louvre, Paris), an illustration of which was published by the Venetian engraver G.B. Piranesi (1720-1778). However, the frieze shows the 'Triumph of Bacchus' (the god of wine) from a late-2nd-century Roman marble relief now in the Vatican Museum, the design of which was also published in the late 18th century. Artists at Rundell, Bridge & Rundell looked to antiquity for design sources using published engravings of archaeological discoveries. The Triumph of Bacchus would have been an appropriate ornament for a wine cooler. A working drawing in the V&A's Print Room by Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867) after William Theed is very similar to the design of this wine cooler. The design was a popular one, but the ornament and stands were remodelled on several occasions to suit the taste or budget of individual clients.","physicalDescription":"A vase-shaped two-handled wine cooler decorated with the Triumph of Bacchus. 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London hall-mark for 1809-10; maker's mark of Paul Storr at the Dean Street workshops of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell.\r\nThe original model of this piece was probably by the sculptor William Theed, head of the design department at Rundell's until his death in 1817, and was based on a vase in the Villa Albani, engraved by C. H. Tatham in <i>Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture </i>(1799; pl.28).\r\nThe relief represents the Triumph of Bacchus.\r\n\r\nOrmonde Collection.\r\nM.48anda-1982","date":{"text":"Pre-2000","earliest":"2000-01-01","latest":"2000-12-31"}},{"text":"British Galleries:\nRundells specialised in making silver in the prevailing taste for high-quality massive, Neo-classical dining and display plate. The pattern for this wine cooler was extremely successful and a set of eight was made for the Prince Regent. 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