The Cocktail Shaker: The Tanqueray Guide

Simon Khachadourian
The cocktail shaker, once a symbol of elegance, is now eminently collectible.
94 colour & 25 mono / 270 x 220 mm / 144 Pages / Hardback
ISBN 13: 
978-0-85667-520-1
ISBN 10: 
0-85667-520-2,
£25

This reference, designed for collectors and admirers alike, celebrates a golden age when designers from the famous luxury goods houses had a ball with novelty cocktail shakers. "Thirst extinguishers", skyscrapers, lighthouses, penguins, ship's lanterns and dumb-bells, decorative and practical, were favourite themes, and with the legalisation of liquor in the USA, following the repeal of the Prohibition in 1933, cocktail sets were in great demand. Art-Deco-inspired shakers exemplified the age and found favour with the smart set in New York, Paris and elsewhere. This volume features over 150 photographs of shakers.