Lot 758
  • 758

An American silver-plated Lighthouse cocktail shaker, International Silver Co., Meriden, CT, circa 1930

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base, numbered 343 and stamped "Patented Jan. 11 1927"
  • Silver-plate
  • height 13 5/8 in.
  • 34.6cm
in the form of a windowed lighthouse with a gallery around the light

Literature

Stephen Visakay, Vintage Barware, 1997, illustrated page 45 (one of this model).
Simon Khachadourian, The Cocktail Shaker, London 2000, pp.44-45 (one of this model).

Condition

some dings to edges of base, gallery, and rim of cover; the center portion of plug has been dented out of place, but still fits into cover
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