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Cocktail Set

This is a Cocktail set.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Milwaukee Art Museum as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated ca. 1928. Its medium is silver-plated brass and “vitrolite” glass.

Elsa Tennhardt’s cocktail set for the E. & J. Bass Company is a study in geometric form with its triangular, conical shapes and ray-like decoration. Made during Prohibition, this set appealed to those who thought it chic to ignore alcohol restrictions.

It is credited Lent by Milwaukee Art Museum, Purchase, with funds from Demmer Charitable Trust, M2015.69.1a-8.

Empire State Cigarette Lighter
cast aluminum.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-73

Textile, Pyramid
cotton.
Gift of Cindia Cameron.
2011-21-4

A shining silver-colored cocktail service, with gleaming, reflective surfaces. Centered on the square tray is a tall, cylindrical cocktail shaker, with a smaller cylindrical cap and vertical ridges on the body. Circling the shaker are six stemmed cups with short, cylindrical bowls, about the same size as the shaker cap; long slender stems; and flat round bases. The interiors of the cups are brushed, matte metal. The square tray is like a picture frame, with an inset area and ridged, beveled edges stepping down to the level of the table.

Manhattan Cocktail Service
chrome-plated brass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-61-a/i

Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

This owl looks remarkably like a silver sculpture but is in fact a cocktail shaker. Perched on a detachable base, the owl is sleek in design but fairly true-to-form in the animal's features and overall sculptural style. It is monochrome, has a smooth surface, and you can see layers of feathers on its head, at the bottom of its wings, and near its feet. There is a small indentation around its neck to suggest that is where you can remove the top and mix the drink in its body.

Object ID #907130211
silver.
Lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Quinn E. Delaney;....
34.2016.1

Object ID #991173963
printed paperboard binding, gilt-lettered cloth spine.
Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library, TX951.C76 1930.
43.2016.17

An angular, triangular-shaped mirror and hairbrush against a dark grey background. The triangle of the mirror points downwards and is framed by a silver triangle. The outline of two smaller triangles hang from its bottom point. The triangle of the brush also points downwards with pale brown thick bristles. It is also framed by a silver triangle with the outline of two smaller triangles hanging from the bottom point.

Object ID #907214135
silverplate, mirror glass, boar bristles.
Lent by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The John Axelrod Collection, 2014.1290.1-2.
54.2016.1a,b

Its dimensions are

shaker: 12 × 5 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (30.48 × 13.65 × 13.65 cm) tray: 1 3/8 × 23 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (3.49 × 60.01 × 18.73 cm) glasses (each): 5 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (12.7 × 6.99 × 6.99 cm)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oahh4/
Accession Number 45.2016.1a/h
Object ID 907130443