Lot 100: NORMAN BEL GEDDES

"MANHATTAN" COCKTAIL SET

measurements note
shaker: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) high goblets: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) high tray: 14 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (36.8 x 29.5 cm)

manufactured by Revere Copper and Brass Co., Rome, NY

1937

comprising shaker, six goblets, and tray

each stamped Revere/ROME/NY

chromium-plated brass

LITERATURE

Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgrim, and Dickran Tashjian, The Machine Age in America 1918-1941, New York, 1986, p. 329
Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, New York, 1986, p. 87
Anne Bony, Les Années 30, Paris, 1987, p. 1042
J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, p. 85
Stephen Visakay, Vintage Bar Ware: Indentification & Value Guide, Paducah, KY, 2000, pp. 87-88 and 91
Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood, eds., Art Deco 1910-1939, London, 2003, p. 346