FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE
Grasshopper Wine bottle cooler
1970RCIN 44048
This giant grasshopper was a gift from President Pompidou of France to the Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of a State Visit to France in 1972. It has a brass body with iron legs and the head and body are plated with Sèvres biscuit-porcelain tiles. The body is hinged to open so that it can be used as a wine-bottle cooler.
[Brass] fL 70
FRANCOIS LALANNE
70 [1970]