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24 October 2019
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Elsa Tennhardt

Rare cocktail shaker

E. and J. Bass Company
Germany / USA, 1929
silver-plated brass 12 h × 5 w × 5 d in (30 × 13 × 13 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $11,700
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Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside ‘E.& J.B. Pat AP LD For’.
literature: A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950, Gordon, pg. 67, no. 44 Woman Designers in the USA 1900-2000, Kirkham, pg. 233
An example of this form resides in the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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