Artisan Miniature Dollhouse Harry Smith Sterling Grape Leaf Regency Wine Cooler 
The Vineyard Chiller


This beautiful grape leaf wine cooler, standing 1" tall and scaled perfectly for a 1:12 dollhouse or display is an impressive and highly collectible piece modeled after an Old Sheffield style Regency period Campana form piece that would have been used circa 1830 to keep bottles of wine or champagne cool. It is decorated with a grape and leaf rim that overhangs the body. The body is decorated with a slight twist down to a bulbous center with two handles all decorated with acorns and leaves. An especially rare piece for your entertaining scenes, this is VERY RARE, numbered 30 of only 75 that were ever made. It is very heavy for its size due to being solid silver. It is signed on the underside. I am including the glass wine bottle as well for you!


This is an extremely RARE and special piece created by the talented IGMA Fellow/miniaturist, Harry Smith, who has been creating miniature masterpieces since 1950. Harry has a lengthy process to create his sterling silver miniatures entirely by hand. His process includes carving an original master in wax, based on original drawings; casting the wax in plaster; filling the resulting mold with molten silver; polishing the master and then creating a rubber mold; injecting the mold with wax and repeating the process all over again. After the final casting is made, it must be carved to add final details. It is in absolute perfect, never displayed condition.


*This listing includes the wine cooler bucket, as described only. Any other prop items shown are not included, but are displayed for scale.*

This miniature came from a wonderful lifetime, STUNNING miniature collection, all collected by Mesha and Clifford of New York.   This amazing collection of treasured pieces will take some time to list, but they are worth the wait.  The 1980s through the 1990s were one of the most interesting time periods in the miniature market, so many artists making their debut...this collection was curated during this time by going to shows, writing the artists and boarding planes to retrieve their long awaited treasures.  To have the opportunity to share this one of a kind collection is something miniature dreams are made of (for me)...rarely do I keep more than one item from each collection, but this one is the hardest of all to let even a single piece go, you will see what I mean shortly...enjoy them all as they are all one of a kind and made by some of the most wonderful miniature artisans in the world.

Measurements:
1:12 scale, 1" tall

ATTENTION COLLECTORS
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