Object Description
Fine Silver-Plate Ice Bucket by Lebanese Firm Habis
Lebanese, 20th Century
Dimensions: Height 21cm, diameter 20cm
Featuring an elegant tapered cylindrical body, this fine ice bucket is crafted from silver-plate by Lebanese firm Habis. The bucket is wider at the top, with a rope twist rim at the top, and flanking rope twist handles either side.
The ice bucket is stamped ‘HABIS’ to the underside.
Habis was the first silversmith founded in Lebanon. The firm was established at the request of the country’s first president Bechara El Khoury’s request, after they won independence in 1943.