A Regency carved mahogany sarchophagus shaped celleret after a design by Charles Heathcote Tatham Applied with gilt bronze mounts, the hinged lid with rope-twist handle enclosing a lead lining with six divisions and plug, the front with brass ring handles and applied roundels with fluted pilaster, on ebonised lion paw carved feet, 62cm wide, 45cm deep, 52cm high. Conceived in the 'Antiquarian' manner, popularised in the late 18th -early 19th centuries by England's leading architects and designers, such as Henry Holland, Charles Heathcote Tatham, Thomas Hope and George Smith, this cellaret has the distinctive sarcophagus shape, modelled after an ancient Roman porphyry sarcophagus known as the “Tomb of Agrippa.” Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (c. 64/62 BC–12 BC). This design is derived from C. H. Tatham's Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture Drawn from the Originals in Rome and other parts of Italy, during the years 1794, 1795 and 1796, 179, pl. 77. A related faux-marble painted cellaret, by repute from Castle Howard, Yorkshire, formerly with Vernay & Jussel of New York, was sold Sotheby's New York, January 21, 1995.