Shaker, Cocktail

Object number2016.68.5 a-c

Manufacturer Aluminum Company of America (1907 - 1998)

Manufacturer The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, Inc.

Datebefore 1966

OriginUSA

MediumAluminum

Credit LineGift of Massena Aluminum Historical Association

DescriptionAluminum cocktail shaker.DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a-c together): 7.75 × 3.875 in. (19.7 × 9.8 cm)
Height x Diameter (a): 5.375 × 3.75 in. (13.7 × 9.5 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 2.5 × 3.875 in. (6.4 × 9.8 cm)
Height x Diameter (c): 0.875 × 1.875 in. (2.2 × 4.8 cm)
Marks(a)
Raised text on side of body "MARSHAK".
Text imprinted on underside at center "No 115 / WEAR-EVER / [logo with horizontal text "ALUMINUM" and vertical text "T.A.C.U.Co"] / TRADE MARK / MADE IN U.S.A."
Historical NotesWear-Ever aluminum MARSHAK cocktail shaker, No. 115. During Alcoa’s early years, when they were still the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, they not only produced aluminum, but because it was a new metal, they also manufactured it into useful products in order to create a market. Cookware was one of their first ventures and in 1901 they created The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company in New Kensington. By 1903 they called the company “Wear-Ever”. The Kensington Ware line was introduced in 1934 as the decorative high-end line of aluminum giftware.

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