American Design 
9 September 2021
American Design 
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Norman Bel Geddes

Soda King syphon bottles, set of five

Walter Kidde Sales Company Inc.
USA, 1935
chrome-plated brass, enameled aluminum 9¾ h × 4½ w × 3¾ d in (25 × 11 × 10 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $1,375
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Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of each example ‘Walter Kidde Sales Co. Inc. Soda King Syphon Designer Norman Bel Geddes’.
literature: The Machine Age in America 1918-1941, Wilson, Pilgrim and Tashjian, pg. 329 American Art Deco, Duncan, pg. 87 American Modern 1925-1940, Johnson, pg. 99
An example of this design is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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