約於 1770 年，湯瑪斯・布爾索弗（Thomas Boulsover）開始製作「 謝菲爾德鍍銀器（Sheffield Plate）」，以銅芯夾於兩層銀片之間的方式，模擬純銀質感，同時大幅降低成本。這項革命性的工藝，讓各式精美的餐桌器皿得以普及於逐漸壯大的中產階級，也造就了 19 世紀英國鄉間宅邸中聞名遐邇的華麗餐櫃與宴會餐桌。 這款氣勢非凡的冰桶，正是汲取當時茶用熱水壺的設計靈感（原件現典藏於殖民地威廉斯堡博物館）。如同當年攝政時期女主人引以為傲的桌上焦點，它也必將成為您雞尾酒派對中引人注目的話題之作。

ABOUT 1770 THOMAS BOULSOVER BEGAN PRODUCING "SHEFFIELD PLATE," emulating sterling silver using a less expensive variation with a copper core between two sheets of silver. His revolutionary process made a vast range of dining wares available to an upwardly mobile society, creating the spectacular sideboards and dining tables for which 19th-century British country houses were known. This impressive ice bucket will be a conversation piece at your cocktail party, just as the tea urn that inspired it (now in the Colonial Williamsburg collections) was the pride of a Regency hostess`s table.