Liqueur bottle cooler (seau ovale à liqueur)

Vincennes Manufactory

1755 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This cooler, intended for liqueur bottles, is fitted with a central, removable panel that is perforated in a decorative pattern. These holes would allow the water from melting ice to flow from one side to another.

Artist

Vincennes Manufactory

Date

1755

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

French, Vincennes

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976