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Liqueur Bottle Cooler (seau ovale à liqueur)
This shape is meant to hold icy water in which two bottles of liquor could stand and be cooled. The central perforated divider allowed for the free flow of water and served to keep the bottles upright.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, No. 73 [date and mode of acquisition unknow]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 5/8 x W: 12 in. (11.75 x 30.48 cm)
Credit Line
A. Seligmann, Rey and Company, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.581