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Art Price Index: The Cocktail Shaker from the United States to Europe

Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim

A true barfly, the cocktail shaker crossed the Atlantic ocean 150 years ago and never spilled a drop.

€1,950Jean Després (1889–1980), silver-plated metal shaker with chain decoration,... Art Price Index: The Cocktail Shaker from the United States to Europe

€1,950
Jean Després (1889–1980), silver-plated metal shaker with chain decoration, signed, h. 20.5 cm/8.07 in. Paris, Drouot, June 24, 2019, Gros & Delettrez OVV.

In the 19th century in the United States, the pioneers who traveled across the vast expanses of land discovered the joys of the saloon and it was in 1871 that William Hernett filed for a patent in New York for the object he had invented to mix drinks. The shaker was born. The…
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