Wine cistern, Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), 1709–10, British, London, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 16 × 32 1/2 × 19 13/16 in., 31 lb. (40.6 × 82.6 × 50.3 cm, 14.1 kg), Metalwork-Silver, Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), Wine cisterns were common in Europe, but do not come into general use in England until the late seventeenth century. The period of their greatest utilization was the eighteenth century. This wine cooler now bears the coat of arms of William Wyndham Grenville and his wife Anne Pitt, who were married in 1792
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Wine cistern, Lewis Mettayer, British, active 1700, died 1740, 1709–10, London, Silver, Overall, confirmed, 16, 32 1/2, 19 13/16, 31 lb, 40.6, 82.6, 50.3 cm, 14.1 kg, Metalwork-Silver, active, 1700, died, 1740, cisterns, common, Europe, do, come, general, England, late seventeenth, century, period, greatest utilization, eighteenth century, wine cooler, now, bears, coat, arms, William Wyndham, Grenville, wife Anne, Pitt, married, 1792
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