18th Century Beverage Coolers

May 2026

These ceramic vessels were designed to keep wine bottles, wineglasses, and other beverages chilled at elegant 18th-century European dining tables.

22 objects · 3 institutions

IIIF

Bottle Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1700/1720

Bottle Cooler

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1725– 1735

Bottle Cooler

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1725– 1735

Bottle Cooler (seau a bouteille)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1755

Bottle Cooler (seau à bouteille)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1755

Bottle cooler (seau à bouteille) (part of a service)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

1783

IIIF

Glass Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 1740/50

Glass Cooler (Seau à verre ordinaire)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1759–60

IIIF

Ice Cream Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1804

IIIF

Ice Cream Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1804

Pair of Bottle Coolers (Seaux à rafraîchir)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1730

Pair of Bottle Coolers (seaux à rafraîchir)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1740

Pair of Wine Coolers (Seau à demi-bouteille)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c.1740–50

IIIF

Wine Bottle Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1720/40

Wine Cooler

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1760

IIIF

Wine Cooler from the Duke of Clarence Service

Art Institute of Chicago

1789–90

IIIF

Wine Cooler from the Duke of Clarence Service

Art Institute of Chicago

1789/90

IIIF

Wineglass Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1758

IIIF

Wineglass Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1789

IIIF

Wineglass Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1758

IIIF

Wineglass Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1758

IIIF

Wineglass Cooler

Art Institute of Chicago

1789