Silver Plated Champagne Bucket/Wine Cooler

A fine 1940's floor standing silver plated wine/champagne cooler ice bucket with swing handle. Has lift out liner to make it easier to refresh the ice. Made by Gebruder Hepp, Fforzheim, Germany.

Dimensions: 50cm/19⅝ inches (height not including handle) x 23cm/9 inches (diameter of bottom), 18cm/7 inches (diameter of top).

The Gebrueder Hepp (Hepp Brothers, shortened to GEBR HEPP) Metalware Factory was founded in 1863 in Pforzheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
After developing a superior silver plating process in 1871, HEPP established itself as a supplier to the best hotels around the world.