Cellarette
- Object Name:
- Cellarette
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.23
- Place of Origin:
- Europe
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Cellarette, said to have been owned by Count Rumford. Wooden box, with 6 glass decanters. Box is mahogany veneer, with a brass metal lock. The interior of the box is divided into 6 compartments. In each compartment is a gold decorated glass decanter with molded mushroom-shaped glass stoppers with gold paint on the ribs. On the front of the box is a pressed brass escutcheon oval in shape with very delicate floral decorations. Box bottom exterior is covered with dark blue paper. It has two brass ball feet on front and two mahogany wedged-shape feet on the back. NHHS label glued to bottom. Lid is held on by two small brass hinges. Box lid interior is lined with gold velvet. A metal slot added to back of lid is also covered with gold velvet (function unknown) and has the number "101" written on it. An orange ribbon on left hand side of box is no longer attached to the box lid. Each compartment is lined with dark blue paper and edged on top with gold velvet. A fragment of purple silk found in box. Typed label inside box "Count Rumford's / Decanter set".
Bottles range in height from 7" to 7.75". They are glass case bottles with gold painted decorations on tops, necks, and lips. The necks and lips are completely painted in gold and there are other gold highlights. Bottles all have pontil scars and each bottle has a number painted in gold on the bottom, which are: "68", "26", "52", "45" (stopper on this bottle is broken), "35" (stopper numbered "45"), and "27". Many of the bottles have residue on the interior from liquid content. - Material:
- Glass
Wood
Metal
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-10.75 D-7.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Cellarette said to have been owned by Count Rumford (1753-1814). Donor was Count Rumford's great-great-grandson (through adoption): Count Rumford's daughter, Sarah Thompson (Countess Rumford) adopted Emma Gannell (1826-1923). Emma married John Burgum (1828-1907). Their son, Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948), had a son, Edwin Berry Burgum (donor).
- Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
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