Cocktail Set Designer: Howard F. Reichenbach (American, 1902–1959)
Designer: Harry L. Laylon (American, 1911–1997)
Manufacturer: Chase Brass and Copper Company (American, founded 1876)

Shaker designed 1933; Cups and Tray designed 1933/34; This example manufactured by 1937

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Chromium-plated and enameled brass with Bakelite

Dimensions

Overall: 11 3/8 × 16 × 5 3/8 in. (28.893 × 40.64 × 13.653 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Paula B. Freedman in honor of Iudith and Aaron S. Freedman and Annabelle and Robert Schackne

Accession Number

2003.48.1.1-.6

Geography

Manufactured in Waterbury, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Given as a wedding present to Annabelle Silverman Schackne and Robert Schackne, Buffalo, 1937–41; given by them as a wedding present to Annabelle’s sister Iudith Silverman Freedman, Buffalo, 1941–96; given by her to her daughter Paula B. Freedman, Mill Valley, Calif., 1996–2003
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 120, no. 71
  • R. W. Stevenson, "Modern Comfort Food, The Furniture Version," New York Times (October 24, 2004), ill
  • "Acquisitions 2003," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004), 133
  • Kristina Wilson, Livable Modernism: Interior Decorating and Design during the Great Depression (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004), 89-90, fig. 2.32
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
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Marks

"[centaur figure with bow and arrow]/Chase/USA, Pat. No 1969.386/Pat. No 91.179," incuse on underside of shaker; "[centaur figure with bow and arrow]/Chase/USA," incuse on underside of each cup and under both tray handles.

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