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Original Papes: Metal Wine Cooler, by Bradbury, of Sheffield.        87 
The above details are given as accurately as they can be collected, chiefly
from 
returns made to the Commons, on the motion of Mr. Bouverie, and ordered to
be 
printed 12th February, 1849, No. 23, from " Godson on Patents ;"
and the Report of 
a Treasury Committee on the Signet and Privy Seal offices, presented to Parliament,
1849. This Report makes the cost (including some payments for opposition),
981. 2s. 6d. 
METAL WI NE COOLER, mare 
The design of this vase shews a 
the material, inasmuch as the broa 
for the lights and reflexes which di 
Bradbury, of Sheffield. 
)n of the characteristic use of 
si forms are admirably adapted 
precious metals ; although we 
think we should hardly have selected the style which Mr. Bradbury has chosen
for the very well-executed ornaments which form the accessories. The detail
of 
the age of Louis XV. we would rather forget than perpetuate. The summer 
of butterfly petite maitres, of courtiers frivolous and artificial, produced
but 
little on which the memory can dwell with satisfaction ; and the fantastic
creations of the eccentric genius of Watteau constitute almost the sole pleasant
reminiscence connected with the dominion of barocgqe and roeaille. Still
the 
sharpness and angularity of the ornamental parts of this vase contrast advan-
tageously with the broad and plain parts. Were we disposed to be hypercri-
tical, we should perhaps object to the introduction of the naturalistic handles;
in other respects the various ornaments are sufficiently well combined.