A seldom seen circa 1920s silver plated champagne bucket made by renowned French silversmith Christofle, from the the magnificent Hôtel Le Provençal on the Côte d’Azur. In great condition for a hotel piece of its age, no large dents or damage, just small marks and signs of use and one shallow bump near the base. Marked HOTEL PROVENCAL on the body, marked on the base with christofle marks. 

Measures a bit over 8.25” wide including handles, 8” without handles, by 8.5” tall.

Le Provençal was built in 1926 by American millionaire Frank Jay Gould, the son of financier Jay Gould. At its opening the vast hotel, boasting a tennis club, restaurants and luxury suites, was considered terribly avant-garde, and signaled a whole new era on the Côte d’Azur. In those Roaring Twenties, foreigners, especially Americans-Gould and his socialite wife Florence, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gerald and Sara Murphy, Rudolph Valentino-flocked to the Riviera for its balmy summers and extravagant lifestyle.