Cocktail Cup
Cocktail Cup
- Description
- This set of eight stemmed cups accompanied the cocktail shaker also seen in the exhibit. They feature the same hammered effect and are made of silver. The cups are noticeably worn, perhaps from extensive use during Prohibition, a time when alcohol was outlawed in the name of social reform. Although making, selling, and transporting alcohol were illegal consuming it was not, and people devised many ways to continue this pastime.
- Object Name
- cup, cocktail
- date made
- 1924 - 1925
- used date
- 1920 - 1950
- maker
- Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- place used
- United States: Maryland, Mount Victoria
- Physical Description
- nickel silver, electroplated (overall material)
- Measurements
- cup, stemmed: 12.3 cm x 8 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3 1/8 in
- overall: 5 in x 3 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 7.9375 cm
- ID Number
- 1980.0954.09
- accession number
- 1980.0954
- catalog number
- 1980.0954.09
- Credit Line
- Gift of Martha M. Patrick
- subject
- Beverages
- Cocktails
- Drinking
- Food Culture
- Prohibition
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Family & Social Life
- American Enterprise
- Domestic Furnishings
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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