Collections: Decorative Arts: "Skyscraper" Cocktail Shaker with Strainer and Lid

• Download
• Add to set
• Favorite
• Posse icon
• Share
• Print

"Skyscraper" Cocktail Shaker with Strainer and Lid

• Designer: Norman Bel Geddes, American, 1893-1958
• Manufacturer: Revere Copper and Brass Company, founded 1928
• Medium: Chrome-plated metal
• Place Manufactured: Rome, New York, USA
• Dates: 1937
• Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 3 5/16 in. (32.4 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm)
• Markings: Stamped on underside of base of shaker (a): "Revere / ROME / N.Y."
• Signature: no signiture
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Modern Life, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 83.108.5a-c
• Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
• Image: Group, 83.108.5a-c_83.108.6_83.108.13_83.108.14a-d_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Norman Bel Geddes (American, 1893-1958). "Skyscraper" Cocktail Shaker with Strainer and Lid, 1937. Chrome-plated metal, 12 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 3 5/16 in. (32.4 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 83.108.5a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.108.5a-c_83.108.6_83.108.13_83.108.14a-d_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Cocktail shaker, chromed metal. (a) Shaker: Tall, thin cylinder decorated with eight vertical ribs. (b) Strainer: inserted into shaker and fitting under the lid with flat, circular bottom with perforated strainer, surmounted by a thin cylinder, open above. (c) Lid: simple short cylinder finished and decorated like shaker. Part of set 83.108.5.-17. Condition: All surfaces shows wear with scratching and wear to plating, especially where ribs are attached to shaker and lid.