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Object Timeline

1939	Work on this object began.
1988	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Knickerbocker Cocktail Glass, 1939

This is a Cocktail glass. It is dated 1939 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is blown and cut glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Sir Arthur Bryan Fund.

A mostly silver-plate cocktail shaker with a U-form dominating the bottom segment, also known as a spun hemisphere, with an angled base prone in an outward direction at the bottom. In an upward direction are two steps inward to a tall cylindrical body resembling a form of a skyscraper with two more steps out and three shallow steps inward leading to a lid with a neck and a red-orange Catalin (polymer) stopper that remains inserted during pouring. The photograph captures the cocktail shaker in a front view against a medium gray background.

Cocktail Shaker, 1928
silver-plated nickel, catalin.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-46-a,b

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

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 12.6 x 6.5 cm (4 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Knickerbocker Cocktail Glass, 1939; USA; blown and cut glass; H x diam.: 12.6 x 6.5 cm (4 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Museum purchase from Sir Arthur Bryan Fund; 1988-58-5

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DtGM/
Accession Number 1988-58-5
Object ID 18628833