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A RARE LATE VICTORIAN NON-MECHANICAL REFRIGERATOR    

Teakwood, glass, iron, brass hardware
80 x 44 x 27 in (203.2 x 111.8 x 68.6 cm)


Featuring a breathtaking back that includes a decorative pediment with carved accents a large mirror flanked by convenient shelves. A concealed section of the work top opens to reveal a capacious storage compartment with insulated walls, a metal tray near the top to hold ice and cold water with ventilation for cold air to be circulated around the storage compartments in the other sections, a tap for dispensing cold drinking water, and features a draining mechanism and catch pan to hold the melting water.

Iceboxes such as these were considered luxury during the mid 19th century to 1930s which was a period before electric refrigerators became popular, when ice was harvested on an industrial scale and it was a common sight to see ice wagons making regular door-to-door deliveries of ice.




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  Lot 94 of 105  

20TH CENTURY DESIGN
10-11 AUGUST 2015
Estimate
Rs 1,25,000 - 1,45,000
 $1,985 - 2,305

Winning Bid
Rs 1,61,784
$2,568
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)






Provenance:
By repute, the late Nizam VII of Hyderabad, An Important Private Collection, Mumbai





 



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