Ice and bottle cooler with gold decoration as table decoration. 5-piece; 2 ice and three bottle coolers (or cachepots). Round, bulbous or ovoid body, some with lid or insert bowl. Relief sculpted vegetal or folded handles. White porcelain, partly with surrounding gold ornamental border of palmettes and flowers in repeat and rich gold decoration. Partly dam. /rep.; Partly iron-red stencilled manufacturer's mark. H. 14.5 cm - 37 cm. Provenance: from the important collection of the Frankfurt banking family von Bethmann, which grew over generations. A 5-piece lot of gold-decorated French porcelain ice and bottle coolers as table decoration. Partly chipped/repaired. Partly iron-red stencilled mark. France. Paris. Dihl et Guérhard. Circa 1800.

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