A pair of late George III silver wine coolers and collars by John & Thomas Settle Sheffield 1817, embossed overall with bold foliate scrolls and rocaille work, on pedestal bases, the collars numbered 1 and 2, the liners of old Sheffield plate, the coolers and collars engraved with two crests, engraved beneath Virginia Winn from Webb- July 10th 1945, 26cm (10 1/4in) high, the coolers and collars 4079g (131.2 oz) Engraved with the crest of a griffin's head from a mural coronet recorded for AMOND, BASQUER, BISHOP, ESSEX, GILBERT, LOCKSMITH, MOSS, REAY, STOCKDALE, THOMLINSON, UMFREVILLE, WESTCOMBE and WHEELER accompanied by a demi-lion holding a Lochaber axe possibly for MURRAY. Provenance: The wine coolers were a 35th anniversary gift from William Webb Wheeler, Jr. to his wife, Virginia (nee Burnes), and are by direct descent to the current vendors. The first Wheeler who appears on the family tree is Levi, born in 1796, next is David (1823-1861), followed by William Webb Sr., then William Webb Wheeler Jr., William Webb Wheeler III and William Webb Wheeler IV. William Webb Wheeler, Junior's father owned the mercantile business which Jr. inherited and ran through the crash of 1929, and was renowned for building up an important library. Virginia Winn (Wynne) Burnes Wheeler was the daughter of Lewis Calvin Burnes, president of the Burnes National Bank and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The original immigrant to America in 1771 changed his name from Peter Burness to Burnes. Condition report disclaimer
A pair of late George III silver wine coolers and collars by John & Thomas Settle Sheffield 1817, embossed overall with bold foliate scrolls and rocaille work, on pedestal bases, the collars numbered 1 and 2, the liners of old Sheffield plate, the coolers and collars engraved with two crests, engraved beneath Virginia Winn from Webb- July 10th 1945, 26cm (10 1/4in) high, the coolers and collars 4079g (131.2 oz) Engraved with the crest of a griffin's head from a mural coronet recorded for AMOND, BASQUER, BISHOP, ESSEX, GILBERT, LOCKSMITH, MOSS, REAY, STOCKDALE, THOMLINSON, UMFREVILLE, WESTCOMBE and WHEELER accompanied by a demi-lion holding a Lochaber axe possibly for MURRAY. Provenance: The wine coolers were a 35th anniversary gift from William Webb Wheeler, Jr. to his wife, Virginia (nee Burnes), and are by direct descent to the current vendors. The first Wheeler who appears on the family tree is Levi, born in 1796, next is David (1823-1861), followed by William Webb Sr., then William Webb Wheeler Jr., William Webb Wheeler III and William Webb Wheeler IV. William Webb Wheeler, Junior's father owned the mercantile business which Jr. inherited and ran through the crash of 1929, and was renowned for building up an important library. Virginia Winn (Wynne) Burnes Wheeler was the daughter of Lewis Calvin Burnes, president of the Burnes National Bank and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The original immigrant to America in 1771 changed his name from Peter Burness to Burnes. Condition report disclaimer
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