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Fun Prohibition ‘Watering Can’ Cocktail Shaker By Reed & Barton C1930

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TVE2395

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2017

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Item Description

A fun silver plated cocktail shaker in the form of a milk churn or watering can by renowned American silversmith Reed & Barton, Circa 1930's. Using oxidised silver plating, the patina is deliberately knocked back to a darker colour. 

This unusual piece of antique barware was crafted when Prohibition was declared in USA when it became illegal to buy, sell or drink alcohol (from 1920-1933), which resulted in an explosion of ‘home use’ cocktail making. If a cocktail shaker didn’t look like a cocktail shaker, ’it’s a watering can, Officer’… then the partying at home could continue.

Item Info

Seller Location

Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire

Item Dimensions

H: 24cm W: 17cm D: 10cm

Period

1930s Prohibition

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire

Item Location

United Kingdom

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+44 (0)1453 836773

+44 (0)7770 915851

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