The Dansk Quistgaard Ice Bucket  

Handmade one-off?
The really wide and pronounced grain in that wood on the unfinished bottom looks like cedar or redwood. Maybe you have an ice bucket that somebody carved or made for their own personal use? Does the liner look like something that they could buy on the market somewhere and put in their bucket? Just a thought.

Heh, Gustaf, about the flowers - because me too
There was a time when I made of point of bringing flowers in regularly and it was really nice - but then they die and you have to start all over. So, I stopped, lol.
Even then though, I used an ice bucket I had as the vase - in fact, I should go dig that up and check it out, it could be some vintage thing that I never noticed (it's metal though).
Riki, I know what you mean about the grain lines on the bottom. I'm pretty sure that the guy I showed it to (who knows his woods) thought it was teak, but now I'm not positive.
And doesn't that dust under the knob just drive everyone nuts!? Why didn't I clean it up before taking photos! LOL -- I might just have to go clean it and oil it and then repost new photos...

just to add a note again i had the same exact ice bucket
i had the exact same ice bucket and i live in australia, i have seen them a few times on ebay i sold mine too, they do not reach very high prices, they are a copy but there is a bit of effort in making them as they are carved out of a solid piece of wood, i would say they come from indonesia or there abouts.

Pictures are always...
hard to judge but your bucket is certainly not made of teak. The indication that some (many?)came to Australia from Indonesia would suggest that the wood is Merbau. Another possibility would be Meranti but I would see the difference even on a picture. Merbau shows very little difference between the year rings with the grain and a clear, but thin line between the year rings in the end wood. The second reason why I suggest Merbau is that it is one of the few woods that you could use as a solid piece without risking any damage during the drying or any later changes of humidity.
It is very unlikely that a danish designer was involved. Denmarks preference for teak dates back to a close friendship between King Frederik and Burma. Most danish teak is the kind known as: Tectona hamiltoniana (Dahat Teak)that grows in former Burma. This certainly is not. The "freedom" that was taken with the finish of the edge, de knob of the lid and the mediocre finish of the handle would exclude any possibility of being a prototype.

I also have a copy of this Quistgaard ice bucket with a different top
I have a small teak ice bucket that looks identical to the Quistgaard Dansk ice bucket. The lid of mine has a knob instead of the streamlined handle of the Quistgaard one. The liner is light colored. I have had it for not even a year--it has been in my family for over 40 years and my mother just gave it to me. Mysteriously, the day the dog walker and the cleaning lady came over and when I wasn't here, it developed an enormous crack. I am heartbroken and would like to replace it exactly. It does not say Dansk on the base but my mother swears it is Dansk. Can anyone help me?

Dear Silvery
Rather than replacing it, bring it to a cabinetmaker in your area. A crack, even an enormous one can be repaired. If you ask a pro to do it you will never find the old crack back

I repaired mine
and it is worth repairing...
I was using one of mine as a compost bucket and the lid was
handy containing and keeping out fruit flies in the summer heat.
Too much long term moisture.
(if you use it for ice, don't leave the melted water in it for long term)
My liner is in good shape but it split.
A good strap clamp and wood glue will repair it.
We used boat epoxy. But we were working on a boat project and had
it handy.

Liner color
Does anyone know the history of the liner colors for the Congo ice buckets? Most pieces I've seen have the orange liner, followed by a few with the black liner, and only a couple with the white liner. Do they reflect a specific date of manufacture? Thanks.

older Dansk?
I am posting (hoping I did this right, but practise will make perfect...or at least a bit better), pics of an older Dansk icebucket I bought a few years ago. It's the 19" version. The liner is white and the bottom has the ducks and Dansk Designs written in small text surrounding the ducks.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/24411235@N06/6100403555/in/photostream/

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Pirx Pilot's pictures
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Another white liner
Here's my 19" ice bucket with a white liner. I bought it off someone whose mother was a Knoll designer in the 60s, so I think it is an older one. The stamp might be the same as yours, but it is very faint. Also there is the number '811' stamped, and two slashes that appear to be burned in. I suppose the general faintness of the stamp makes this less desirable, but I'm curious what these extra marks might mean. Factory seconds??? Or his master's mark? 🙂
Also, there are two dowels near the handle, though I have seen others with a single, can't recall if it was the smaller one.

Robert1960 [eta: pirx pilot]
Your photos didn't show up because the link you put in the photo link field of the message was for the Flickr page where the photo was located. You have to enter the URL of the actual photo, not a webpage. Does that make sense?
Back to Dansk--when I first went to Illums Bolighus in Copenhagen in 1991 or 1992, there was a huge selection of staved teak products on display. It was on the right side of the store on the ground floor in front, in case anyone else remembers. I remember perusing the stuff for a long time, trying to find gifts that I could afford that the recipients would use and enjoy. (It was pretty expensive.)
I remember this stuff as being Dansk but maybe I was wrong. Later we lived there but I don't remember whether the staved teak things were there at that time (late 90s), probably because we were too broke for me to even think about buying anything there.
Fast forward to my most recent visit in 2005---the big selection was gone. I hate to think it just went out of style. Or was it just that Dansk sold out to whatever and now just makes ugly flatware and dishes? (OK, probably some other stuff but the glory days are definitely in the past.)

Not Mine
I helped by adding the link, but didn't have the picture URLs to add.