Luigi Massoni. Ice Bucket, designed 1957. Stainless steel, 5 x 5 x 4 3/4 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.8a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.40.8a-b_view1.jpg)
Luigi Massoni. Ice Bucket, designed 1957. Stainless steel, 5 x 5 x 4 3/4 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.8a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.40.8b_view2.jpg)
Ice Bucket
Decorative Arts and Design
DESIGNERS
Luigi Massoni; Carlo Mazzeri
MAKER
Alessi, founded 1921
MEDIUM
Stainless steel
DATES
designed 1957
DIMENSIONS
5 x 5 x 4 3/4 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 12.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Main body impressed on base: "ALESSI / INOX 18/10 / ITALY"; Insert unmarked.
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.40.8a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Alessi S.p.A.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
(a) Main body: squat, ovoid shape tapering to a rounded base, with a thin, narrow, inward facing rim and at upper third of side, opposing horizontal oval shaped indentations.
(b) Insert: conforming polished, slightly domed, spherical insert at bottom of interior, with large central hole cut out and arranged around edge, eight smaller hole cut outs.
Condition: (a) & (b) new/unused.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Luigi Massoni. Ice Bucket, designed 1957. Stainless steel, 5 x 5 x 4 3/4 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alessi S.p.A., 1999.40.8a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.40.8a-b_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1999.40.8a-b_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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