拍品 2
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A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-PLATED "SKYSCRAPER" COCKTAIL CUPS
Property of a Midwest Collector
A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-PLATED "SKYSCRAPER" COCKTAIL CUPS

MARK OF BERNARD RICE'S SONS INC., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1928

細節
A SET OF EIGHT SILVER-PLATED "SKYSCRAPER" COCKTAIL CUPS
MARK OF BERNARD RICE'S SONS INC., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1928
Each on square foot, the square tapering beakers applied with triangular patination, each marked under base SKYSCRAPER DES. PAT. PENDING APOLLO E.P.N.S., 5271
3 3/8 in. high (8)

拍品專文

The Apollo "skyscraper" design was introduced circa 1928, and a tea and coffee service is illustrated in The Jewellers' Circular, May 31, 1928, p. 14 and Vogue, June 1, 1928, p. 116. The matching cocktail pitcher is illustrated in Charles L. Venable, Silver in America 1840-1940, 1994, p. 288, fig. 9.33, and sold at Christie's, New York, Jan 15, 2004 - Jan 16, 2004, lot 82.