Meriden International Sterling Company, circa 1932

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Sold

50,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

'Al Capone's Cocktail Shaker'
silver plate

communion flagon form, detachable cover, the body engraved To A / 'REGULAR GUY' / From / THE BOYS / 1932

Provenance

By Repute, given to Mr Alphonse Capone by some of his associates as a Christmas gift in 1932;
Acquired from the estate of a former member of the staff of Mr Capone;
Pullman Gallery, London, July 1998

Literature

Simon Khachadourian, The cocktail shaker, London, 2000. p. 29.