Bakelite Handled Silver Plate Art Deco Champagne Cooler

This classic Art Deco Champagne Cooler, accented with substantial butterscotch colored Bakelite  knob handles is  part of a group of tableware accessories designed and produced  by Osiris in Argentina  in the 1930s-1950s.

In the early part of the 20th Century, there was robust importing of silver goods from Germany, England and France. But since the name Argentina is derived  from the word “argent” (or silver)  designers took the influence of things imported from Europe but reinterpreted the designs to make them  uniquely Argentine.