This champagne bucket by Christofle of Paris is raised in a silver plate to a clean tulip form, the polished body flaring from a stepped circular foot and finished at the rim with a restrained molded band. To either side, turned handles of ebonized wood are mounted on silvered collars, a dark and tactile counterpoint to the bright metal that is characteristic of the house at its best.
Christofle has stood at the forefront of French silver since Charles Christofle established the firm in Paris in 1830, supplying the tables of emperors and embassies and setting the standard for plated ware that the name still carries. Dating from the 1950s, the form here is at once classical and modern, owing its proportions to the wine coolers of the eighteenth century while wearing them with the economy of line that marks the best mid-century work. The wooden handles, beyond their elegance, keep the hand from the chilled metal, the mark of a piece made to be used as well as admired.
The body holds a single bottle in ice with room to spare, and the polished surface returns the light of a room as only a good silver plate can. The underside carries the Christofle mark.
A champagne bucket of this quality belongs on any table set for an occasion, and serves equally as a handsome still presence on a sideboard between them. Pieces by Christofle are always sought, and a well-kept example such as this rewards both the eye and the hand.
This champagne bucket by Christofle of Paris is raised in a silver plate to a clean tulip form, the polished body flaring from a stepped circular foot and finished at the rim with a restrained molded band. To either side, turned handles of ebonized wood are mounted on silvered collars, a dark and tactile counterpoint to the bright metal that is characteristic of the house at its best.
Christofle has stood at the forefront of French silver since Charles Christofle established the firm in Paris in 1830, supplying the tables of emperors and embassies and setting the standard for plated ware that the name still carries. Dating from the 1950s, the form here is at once classical and modern, owing its proportions to the wine coolers of the eighteenth century while wearing them with the economy of line that marks the best mid-century work. The wooden handles, beyond their elegance, keep the hand from the chilled metal, the mark of a piece made to be used as well as admired.
The body holds a single bottle in ice with room to spare, and the polished surface returns the light of a room as only a good silver plate can. The underside carries the Christofle mark.
A champagne bucket of this quality belongs on any table set for an occasion, and serves equally as a handsome still presence on a sideboard between them. Pieces by Christofle are always sought, and a well-kept example such as this rewards both the eye and the hand.
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