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FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE

Wine cooler

1970

RCIN 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.

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