KPM Berlin Kurland White Porcelain Champagne Bucket with Lid, Neoclassical Design, Made in Germany

When Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland, ordered new porcelain for his Friedrichsfelde Palace outside Berlin in 1790, he turned away from the swirling curves of the Rococo and asked the Royal Porcelain Manufactory for something serene: the clean symmetry of ancient Greece and Rome. The result, Kurland, became the defining service of German Neoclassicism, and it has been made by hand in Berlin ever since. This two-piece lidded ice cooler has the pattern's signature relief border of beading, egg-and-dart molding, and softly gathered drapery. It is left in pure white, so the sculpted details come alive in light and shadow. Before its second firing, the piece is dipped in a whisper-thin glaze that gives the porcelain its luminous, almost translucent glow. It works as a stately centerpiece for chilling champagne, or simply as a piece of design history on the sideboard.

Dimensions: 9.75" L x 7.5" W x 10.75" H