Louis W. Rice (American, 1872-1933) Rare Skyscraper Cocktail Shaker from the Apollo Studios Line, circa 1928, Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc. Nickel silver-plated metal 11-1/8 x 7 x 4-1/8 inches (28.3 x 17.8 x 10.5 cm) Stamped SKY SCRAPER, PAT,D 75698, 75387, 75650, APOLLO E.P.N.S., MADE IN U.S.A. BY BERNARD RICE'S SONS INC., 5267 to underside PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, New York, Important 20th Century Design, July 17, 2004, lot 50. Collection of Phil and Gretchen Arth, Moraga, California, acquired from the above. LITERATURE: J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, p. 48, for an example in the John C. Waddell Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Charles Venable, Silver in America 1840-1940, Dallas, 1994, p. 288, fig. 9.33, for illustration. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

The shaker in very good overall condition, displaying only the minutest reflections of age and light use, including extremely fine surface scratches and dings, and very minor rubbing and losses to enamel at handle. Shaker free from splitting, structural losses, or observable restorations.
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