A Gilded Age: NE Collects Europe Online
Description:
Three Cocktail Items, a Reed & Barton, c. 1953, silver-plated trophy cocktail shaker inscribed "Orange County Amateur All-Age-Second 1954 Travel Top," ht. 10; glass, brass, and painted plastic hourglass-shaped music box decanter, plays "Auld Lang Syne," ht. 12; and a cordial bottle containing gold flecks, seal top, ht. 5 1/4 in.
Provenance: Townshend Collection.
Estimate $20-200
Silver-plated cocktail shaker: overall good condition, slight nicks on lid and near spout.
Music box decanter: dent in plastic cork top and some wear in the gilt-paint around the opening.
Coridal bottle: Label illegible with wear, portion of seal top missing.
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Keywords
Auld LangElizabeth Haff
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Kathleen M. Leland
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James Leighton
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Emily Stegner
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European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.