Cocktail shakers were extremely fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s and most were designed in the popular Art Deco style. Sterling silver cocktail shakers were much rarer.
A silver cocktail shaker by Mappin & Webb, Birmingham 1926 With removable cap and strainer section, height 23cm, weight 15oz.
Sold for £ 1,875 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2019
AN ELIZABETH II NOVELTY SILVER COCKTAIL-SHAKER MARK OF THEO FENNELL, LONDON, 2002 In the form of an aerial bomb, the tail fins forming the stand, marked on body, inside cover and on stand, further stamped underneath ‘Theo Fennell’
Sold for GBP 11,875 at Christies in 2019
A 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD HAMMERED SILVER COCKTAIL SHAKER decorated with flowering bamboo. 413 grams. 24 cm high.
Sold for £320 at Hannam’s Auctioneers Ltd in 2019
Australian Art Deco cocktail set by W J Sanders Made by Somme, Louis in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1935. This striking cocktail set in the Art Deco style was made by W J Sanders. This firm of manufacturing gold and silversmiths was the principal Sydney producer of presentation trophies and ecclesiastical and domestic gold and silver articles between the 1920s and 1980s. W J Sanders supplied a wide range of objects to firms such as Hardy Bros, Prouds and Fairfax and Roberts who marked them with their own makers marks.
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
“The Modern American” cocktail Set designed 1928; manufactured 1930 Designed by Erik Magnussen (Danish (active in the United States), 1884–1961), For Gorham Manufacturing Company (active 1865–1961)
The spun cocktail shaker is in the form of a truncated cone, widening at shoulders; the narrowing shoulder angles inward, where it is soldered to a circular neck. A flat strap handle is attached at the neck and shoulder. A shallow, conical, friction-fitted lid with deep bezel has square strainer holes arranged in a triangular pattern matching those in the shaker spout. The shaker has a narrow border with vertical markings in the Neoclassical manner. The spun cups are broadly flaring, with slender, rod-like stems and stepped, circular feet. They have narrow borders with vertical markings in the Neoclassical manner.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
International Silver Co. “LIGHTHOUSE” COCKTAIL SHAKER with manufacturer’s silver-plate mark and impressed EPNS/343/56 oz. silver-plated metal height 13 3/4 in.; 34.9 cm circa 1929 produced by International Silver Co., Meriden, Connecticut
Sold for 10,625 USD at Sothebys in 2018
