Broughton Ice Bucket

Broad cylinder of clear shine, its fluted waist catching the light like a pinstripe skirt.

This lead crystal ice bucket is by Ralph Lauren. Lead crystal is glass with added lead oxide, which gives it extra brilliance and weight and makes it suitable for cutting. Straight-walled, low tumbler in transparent grey-tinted tone. Fine parallel cuts form a ribbed belt near the base. The rim is perfectly flat, the bottom is heavy and the upper half is left clean and plain. It is 6 inches high and 6 in diameter.

Plain at the top, fancy at the bottom, balanced overall.