Funk & Gruven A-Z

GEORGIAN MAHOGANY CELLARETTE c.1800

6729

w=16.75", d=16.75", h=22.5"

$450.00

A cellarette or cellaret is a small furniture cabinet, available in various sizes, shapes, and designs which is used to store bottles of alcoholic beverages such as wine or whiskey. They usually come with some type of security such as a lock to protect the contents. Such wooden containers for alcoholic beverages appeared in Europe as early as the fifteenth century. They first appeared in America in the early eighteenth century and were popular through the nineteenth century. Thanks Wikipeadia

ANTIQUE SPONGEWARE POTTERY

6733

$120.00

Spongeware is pottery which has been decorated by applying colour using a natural sponge. Sponging was popular from c.1840 to c.1875. Spongewares was usually produced in the form of teawares and bowls. Colours include blue, red, purple, green and yellow.

Although the technique was not only applied in Scotland, it is considered a Scottish technique. The principal overseas customer for spongeware was Canada, where the ware was distributed from Quebec and the settlements on the St. Lawrence River.