A sterling silver cocktail shaker in the skyscraper manner, made by the Swedish firm Tesi to a design by Tage Gothlin, the base struck with a full suite of Swedish hallmarks, including maker's mark, assay marks, and the date letter for 1948.
The body is of tall octagonal section with strong vertical fluting, rising to a scalloped and cusped cornice, each point a sharp chevron of polished silver, above which a stepped square plinth carries the cylindrical cap. The cap is surmounted by a tight cluster of five spherical finials. The interplay of fluted shaft, jagged cornice, and geometric cap belongs to the skyscraper aesthetic that entered progressive silver design in the late 1920s, carried here into the postwar years with the restraint characteristic of Swedish silver of the period.
Condition is excellent, with the original polish substantially intact and the form crisp throughout.
A sterling silver cocktail shaker in the skyscraper manner, made by the Swedish firm Tesi to a design by Tage Gothlin, the base struck with a full suite of Swedish hallmarks, including maker's mark, assay marks, and the date letter for 1948.
The body is of tall octagonal section with strong vertical fluting, rising to a scalloped and cusped cornice, each point a sharp chevron of polished silver, above which a stepped square plinth carries the cylindrical cap. The cap is surmounted by a tight cluster of five spherical finials. The interplay of fluted shaft, jagged cornice, and geometric cap belongs to the skyscraper aesthetic that entered progressive silver design in the late 1920s, carried here into the postwar years with the restraint characteristic of Swedish silver of the period.
Condition is excellent, with the original polish substantially intact and the form crisp throughout.
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