Wine Cooler Vintage Silverplate Fala Lega Argentata Made In Italy

Fala Lega Argentata Made In Italy - Wine Cooler - No Ice - Vintage I purchased this cooler in the 1980's. It has seen some wear but is still beautiful and has a lot of character. The translation of the interior penguin 'Non Mettere Ghiaccio' is 'Don't Put Ice' From the Argentariafala.com website: Fifty years is a remarkable amount of time for a factory that survived through the changes of fashion and life styles keeping its leading role in the market of silver manufacturing always with an eye on tradition. Fifty years…probably more. Because Fala began its adventure long before taking the current name and being located where it is now, just above Cernobbio, on Lake Como. Ermes Pasquin, one of the founding fathers of F.A.L.A. started working in the silver division of a famous company in Como that had the task to make silver crockery for some of the products they sold, like trays for their “panettone” or plates to serve the courses. It was there that Ermes met the chief silver manufacturer of the division, Mr.Butti, who taught him and his future business partners the job. That group of kids started from the lowest rank and slowly climbed up the ladder until they were finally ready to leave the company where they had learned the job and start the business on their own.