Cocktail Shaker and Lid
Decorative Arts and Design
Though alcoholic beverages were banned in the United States during Prohibition, from 1920 to 1933, home-brewed alcohol was surreptitiously sold at speakeasies and sometimes served at private residences.
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
ca. 1927
DIMENSIONS
9 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
MARKINGS
on bottom: PATENTED / JAN. 11, 1927 / MERIDEN S.P. Co.
in arched band over lion - INTERNATIONAL S. Co.
in hoizontal band under lion / 321 / PAT. APLD. FOR / 24 oz.
on lid on inner rim: PAT'D JAN. 11, 1927
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1989.104.26a-b
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Marie Bernice Bitzer
MUSEUM LOCATION
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