A SILVER AND GLASS ICE BUCKET AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF SILVER TONGS
A SILVER AND GLASS ICE BUCKET AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF SILVER TONGS

CIRCA 1900

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A SILVER AND GLASS ICE BUCKET AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF SILVER TONGS
Circa 1900
Formed as a stylized iceberg, the circular faceted and matted base applied with fully modelled polar bear and hunter with harpoon, the craquelure glass mounted with silver icicles, one side with handle formed as a seal on an ice floe, the other side with hook for ice tongs, the domed cover with similar faceted and matted decoration, surmounted by an ice shard finial, apparently unmarked, the tongs marked GG sterling
10in. high, the tongs 5in. long (2)