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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SILVER-SHAPED WINE COOLERS also have likely been part of her dowry. An unsubstantiated legend
Qianlong period, circa 1760-70 has it that the crates were marked Transporte de Ervas Aromaticas
The coolers of European silver shape with molded lobes to the slightly (Transport of Aromatic Herbs) – later abbreviated to T.E.A. Other
narrower sides with rocaille down-curving handles, the flatter main innovations sponsored or supported at Court level are said to be the
faces painted in bright enamels with loose scattered composite serving of fresher food, moving the kitchen in country houses to be
flower sprays of primarily chrysanthemum and peony below a band closer to the main dining hall to facilitate hotter food being served,
of leafy flowerheads at the molded and shaped, brown-dressed rim, creating Ladies Withdrawing Rooms in which aristocratic ladies could
the spreading lightly lobed foot with iron-red and gilt spearheads, the quite legitimately entertain other ladies without a male intrusion, using
interiors plain. imported porcelain as table wares and for serving tea, coffee and
12in (30cm) across handles (2). chocolate...and serving wine.
$5,000 - 7,000 Wine coolers appear in a variety of shapes, but the most handsome
are normally the ones molded in flamboyant rococo shapes clearly
乾隆時期 約1760-70年 粉彩銀器型冰酒桶一對 imitating French and English silver shapes. Indeed, some bear the
coat-of-arms of the aristocratic patrons who commissioned them as
Published: an amusing (but demonstrably still expensive and exotic) contrast to
Cohen & Cohen, Take Two!, Antwerp, 2017, pp. 76-77, no. 32 the top families who would cram their ‘buffet’ (display shelves for family
bullion) with the finest gold and silver vessels.
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倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Take Two!》，安特衛普，2017年，頁 But it was not just the shape of these wine coolers which makes them
76-77，圖版編號32 historically interesting. Their function too is novel. Traditionally, in many
societies, it was the norm to serve wine unchilled; if preferred chilled,
Wine began to be served in different ways during the 18th century, it was the mug or glass that was chilled, not the wine. This tradition
and the change in behavior prompted the creation of new accessories had given rise to the creation of ‘Monteiths’, circular bowls with deep
for the dining room. As often happened, changes in the conventions notches around the rim to accommodate wine glasses suspended by
about the polite way to behave in Society were set at the highest the stem with the bowls buried in ice filling the Monteith (see lot 137).
level, the Royal Court, where the monarch supported or suggested Wine buckets reversed this less efficient cooling process, enabling
innovations which were quickly picked up by courtiers and hence hosts to chill the wine contained in bottles standing in ice, so that there
filtered down into broader society. One example of the way in which was no need to chill each glass. This clearly proved a very convenient
social behaviors changed under Court inspiration is the introduction innovation, and quite a number of Chinese Export wine coolers have
of the non-alcoholic but stimulating leaf tea to England in 1662 by the survived, attractively enameled with different patterns, to attest the
new wife of King Charles II of England, Catherine of Braganza. When popularity of this change.
she relocated from Portugal to join King Charles, she is said to have
packed loose-leaf tea as part of her personal belongings; it would

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