Designer: Arne Jacobsen (1902 – 1971)

Item: Cylinda Line Ice Bucket

Manufactured by: Lauffer Stelton

Country of origin: Denmark

Year made: Early 1970s

Materials: Stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 ¼” x 7” in diameter and 8” (across from handle to handle)

Condition: Very good used condition. The spots of what appear to be some staining on the lower section is actually just fingerprints and some smudges that we did not see in natural day light, but were picked up by the bright artificial lighting used when being photographed.

References: Hiesinger, Kathryn B., Design Since 1945; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983; McFadden, David Revere, Scandinavian Modern Design 1880 – 1980, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1982; Solaguren-Beascoa, Felix, Objects and Furniture Design: Arne Jacobsen, Ediciones Poligrafa, 2010; Ellison, Michael and Pina, Leslie, Scandinavian Modern Furnishings 1930 – 1970: Designed for Life, Schiffer Publishing, 2002.

Description: Designed in 1967 many of the Cylinda Line wares are still in production today. This iconic modernist design is in every conceivable modern design or Danish modern design book, and many major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art , the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Brooklyn Museum. After the initial production there were additional items added to the collection, but this version of his ice bucket is no longer produced. This marks on the bottom indicate that this example dates from the early 1970s and bears Jacobsen’s initials as shown.