- 685
Meriden International Sterling Company, circa 1932
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Sold
bidding is closed
Description
- 'Al Capone's Cocktail Shaker'
- silver plate
- height: 38cm., 15in.
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
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.