A cellarette is wooden container, either rectangular, round or sarcophagus shaped, the interior lined with zinc, lead or block tin, in which bottles of wine were cooled on ice in the dining room, prior to consumption. The interior casings were to prevent the ice-melt from leaking into the timber of unit.
The size and shape allowed it to be placed between the pedestals of a pedestal sideboard.
They are also sometimes called a wine sarcophagus, in reference to the shape of the top.
Many are mounted on castors to make moving easier.
The most common timber used in their manufacture was mahogany.
Stand-alone cellarettes were common in the 18th and early 19th century, before the function was incorporated into the body of the sideboard, in a "cellarette drawer".
Smaller versions, usually termed a wine cooler, were made in silver, glass and porcelain, and were designed to sit on more...
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