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The "Eighteen Pounder" Cocktail Shaker

second quarter 20th century, attributed to Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, silver plate, brass and copper, in the form of a World War I artillery eighteen-pound shrapnel shell, the silver plate shell a cocktail shaker with copper band and brass straining cap and stopper, detaching from the brass case which is fitted inside with a vertical stand holding six shot glasses, marked (on the underside) "Fac-simile / Eighteen Pounder / Shrapnel Shell / Patent Applied For / In America and Foreign Countries".
overall height 22-1/4", dia. 4"

Literature: Stephen Visakay, Vintage Bar Ware (Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 1997), p. 112 (illustrated).
Simon Khachadourian, The Cocktail Shaker (London: Philip Wilson, 2000), pp. 22-23 (illustrated).

second quarter 20th century, attributed to Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, silver plate, brass and copper, in the form of a World War I artillery eighteen-pound shrapnel shell, the silver plate shell a cocktail shaker with copper band and brass straining cap and stopper, detaching from the brass case which is fitted inside with a vertical stand holding six shot glasses, marked (on the underside) "Fac-simile / Eighteen Pounder / Shrapnel Shell / Patent Applied For / In America and Foreign Countries".
overall height 22-1/4", dia. 4"

  • Literature: Stephen Visakay, Vintage Bar Ware (Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 1997), p. 112 (illustrated).
    Simon Khachadourian, The Cocktail Shaker (London: Philip Wilson, 2000), pp. 22-23 (illustrated).
  • Condition: **In overall very good condition; no dents or breaks noted. All elements bright and clean with some minor scuffs; possibly repolished at some point. Shot glasses clean with no chips or cracks.

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