Description
Golden hour on a terrace above the Loire, and the wedding party is waiting for the bride. A waiter in a white jacket sets a gilded ice bucket on the table, nestles a bottle of Champagne into the ice and arranges the cups in a gleaming circle. Swallows dart over the river. When the bride finally appears in the doorway, the cork leaps free with a cheerful pop, and every glass on the terrace is raised at once.
This Parry Vieille piece is a celebration waiting to happen. It makes a glamorous wedding or engagement gift, a toast to a graduate or a newly promoted colleague, or a golden anniversary present, where the gilded bucket feels especially fitting. Display it on a bar cart, a dining-room sideboard or a vanity, and it adds a sparkle of luxury to any corner of the house.
Inside and out
- Champagne bottle and cups set in a gold ice bucket
- From Parry Vieille (PV), a house admired for fine detail in miniature
- Hinged lid; a metal clasp keeps it shut
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
- Pre-owned, from a private collection
Present it alongside a real bottle of bubbly for a toast that lasts. It is especially lovely for a fiftieth anniversary, when gold is the theme of the day, and the couple can keep it on display long after the last glass has been poured.
