Ice Bucket in the Form of an Elephant with Trunk Raised and Jeweled Eyes by Arthur Court

An elephant sits up, trunk raised, arms out, offering to hold your ice.

This ice bucket in the form of an elephant is from the United States, 20th century, in gilded aluminum by Arthur Court (1928-2015). Court made his name with animal forms in cast aluminum for the table and the home bar, objects meant to start a conversation between drinks. The body has a bright, polished finish with wrinkled, hand-textured detail. Gold covers the tusks and the feet. A jeweled red eye sits under an enormous ear, and a seam at the neck shows where the head parts from the body. Twenty-one inches high and 10 wide.

He has clearly been to better parties than you have.