George III Mahogany Coaster
ENGLAND, CIRCA 1820
17.75 x 28 x 47 cm
7 x 11 x 18 ½ in
7 x 11 x 18 ½ in
7091
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Provenance
W.J. Shepherd Collection of TreenSold Sotheby's 1st December 1983
In the form of a carriage with a horse's head terminal, the shaped and canted sides on four turned solid wheels. In large, wealthy households, cheese was eaten every day,...
In the form of a carriage with a horse's head terminal, the shaped and canted sides on four turned solid wheels.
In large, wealthy households, cheese was eaten every day, making a cheese coaster or cradle a necessary piece of tableware. The Footman's Directory and Butler's Remembrancer, published in 1823, advised: 'Have your cheese and butter and salad all ready against the second course is done with'.
In his section on ‘Cheese Coasters or Cradles’ in Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Pinto explains that they are 'usually of mahogany and provided with castors; they ran up and down the table in Georgian and Victorian times, when large families were usual.’ (Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones (Bell & Hyman Limited, London, 1979), p.70).
An example of similar form, catalogued as a cheese coaster, was sold at Christie's London on 7 June, 2005.
In large, wealthy households, cheese was eaten every day, making a cheese coaster or cradle a necessary piece of tableware. The Footman's Directory and Butler's Remembrancer, published in 1823, advised: 'Have your cheese and butter and salad all ready against the second course is done with'.
In his section on ‘Cheese Coasters or Cradles’ in Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Pinto explains that they are 'usually of mahogany and provided with castors; they ran up and down the table in Georgian and Victorian times, when large families were usual.’ (Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones (Bell & Hyman Limited, London, 1979), p.70).
An example of similar form, catalogued as a cheese coaster, was sold at Christie's London on 7 June, 2005.