{"product_id":"french-champagne-ice-bucket-henry-goulet-0111263","title":"Antique French Champagne Ice Bucket Henry Goulet Reims Silver Plated 0111263","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24px;text-align:center;\"\u003eFrench Champagne Ice Bucket\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngraved in flowing script across its front, \"Champagne Henry Goulet Reims\" identifies this handsome French champagne ice bucket -- a seau a champagne -- as a promotional piece from one of the Champagne region's distinguished historic houses, founded in Reims. Made of silver plated metal with a copper substrate visible where the plating has worn, it dates to the early twentieth century, a period when grand restaurants and hotels across France presented their finest bottles in exactly this style of cooler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bucket carries the classic proportions of the type: a gently tapering cylindrical body banded at top and bottom with engraved parallel lines, and a pair of cast decorative handles in an organic, foliate form -- a detail that lifts it well above the plain ring-handle version. The interior has a raised central boss at the base, the traditional feature that kept a bottle upright in ice. Today it works equally well as a wine cooler, a bar cart centerpiece, a utensil holder, or simply displayed on a shelf where its silver surface and engraved script draw the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition and patina consistent with age. The exterior shows surface scratches, light tarnishing and some loss of silver plating, most visible on the reverse and around the handles; the interior has oxidized to a deep pewter tone throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApprox. 7.9 in diameter (20 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e95% of my items are tariff-free to the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- fmf-shopify --\u003e","brand":"Fleamarketfrance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58999109845336,"sku":"FMF-ZMTTWMRY","price":320.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/5776\/2392\/files\/a63f655d075ab710bcd5fd1b123d3b47.jpg?v=1793545865","url":"https:\/\/fleamarketfrance.com\/products\/french-champagne-ice-bucket-henry-goulet-0111263","provider":"Fleamarketfrance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}