A classic French champagne bath with a wide bowl and pedestal base, designed to keep bottles chilled and within reach through long, drawn-out meals. This silver-plated piece, found in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, shows a Champagne Mercier stamp. The Mercier stamp ties it back to the Champagne house founded in 1858 by Eugène Mercier in Épernay, a producer known for shifting champagne from something reserved for elites into something meant to be shared more freely, often served in cafés, bistros, and lively dining rooms. Pieces like this would have lived tableside, presented with a bottle already on ice, ready to be poured without interruption. Sylvie loves it filled with ice and champagne, or set at the center of a table with fruit piled high.
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