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Empire

Cocktail Shaker
1938 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cocktail shaker, chromium plated brass, the body a tall, plain cylinder resting on a flat, circular base and surmounted by a flat, capped lid fitting over an internal flange and surmounted by a knop, a rod of yellow bakelite supported by a recessed collar. The handle a plain strip with a "D" shaped profile, soldered to the body opposite a snub nosed spout capped by a circular, yellow, bakelite plug.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEmpire (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Chromium plated brass with bakelite additions
Brief description
Cocktail shaker, chrome plated brass with bakelite details, USA, made by the Revere Brass and Copper Company, designed by William Archibald Weldon, 1938
Physical description
Cocktail shaker, chromium plated brass, the body a tall, plain cylinder resting on a flat, circular base and surmounted by a flat, capped lid fitting over an internal flange and surmounted by a knop, a rod of yellow bakelite supported by a recessed collar. The handle a plain strip with a "D" shaped profile, soldered to the body opposite a snub nosed spout capped by a circular, yellow, bakelite plug.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.2cm (Including finial)
  • Diameter: 7.5cm (of base)
Style
Production typeMass produced
Object history
There is a similar example in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA.
Collection
Accession number
M.227-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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