A pair of important presentation wine coolers, with marks for London 1842 J. E. Terrey & Co. each of campana form, bold cast foliate rim, removable liner and inner rim. The sides engraved with the two coats of arms of the Island of Barbados and other crests and mottos of Samuel Maxwell Hinds. The handles modelled as upturned clamshells and further decorated panels indicative of coffee, cotton, tropical fruit, sugar, hogshead and other motifs associated with Barbados. The sides also with engraved presentation inscription, "Presented to The Honorable Samuel Hinds Speaker, By The House of Assembly of Barbados. As a mark of his virtues in private life & a tribute of his conduct as Speaker, during a period of difficulty unprecedented in the history of Colonial Legislation, when by his amiable deportment conciliatory disposition and suavity of manners he so skilfully conducted the arduous duties of his office, as to gain for the house the respect of The British Government and for Himself the Confidence and approbation of His Country. August 1839" The whole standing on four dolphin feet and shaped baseWith steel bound oak twin handled casket with fitted interior, 58cm wide. Height: 35cm; width across handles: 35cm; Weight: 360oz
A pair of important presentation wine coolers, with marks for London 1842 J. E. Terrey & Co. each of campana form, bold cast foliate rim, removable liner and inner rim. The sides engraved with the two coats of arms of the Island of Barbados and other crests and mottos of Samuel Maxwell Hinds. The handles modelled as upturned clamshells and further decorated panels indicative of coffee, cotton, tropical fruit, sugar, hogshead and other motifs associated with Barbados. The sides also with engraved presentation inscription, "Presented to The Honorable Samuel Hinds Speaker, By The House of Assembly of Barbados. As a mark of his virtues in private life & a tribute of his conduct as Speaker, during a period of difficulty unprecedented in the history of Colonial Legislation, when by his amiable deportment conciliatory disposition and suavity of manners he so skilfully conducted the arduous duties of his office, as to gain for the house the respect of The British Government and for Himself the Confidence and approbation of His Country. August 1839" The whole standing on four dolphin feet and shaped baseWith steel bound oak twin handled casket with fitted interior, 58cm wide. Height: 35cm; width across handles: 35cm; Weight: 360oz
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