"To-Day" cocktail shaker
Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber
(American, born in Germany, 1889–1963)
Friedman Silver Company
(American, active 1908–1960)
designed 1928
Object PlaceBrooklyn, New York
Medium/TechniqueSilver-plated metal, cork (replaced), rosewood
DimensionsOverall: 27.6 x 18.1 x 12.1 x 8.9 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1254a-c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1984, owned by Alan Moss (dealer), New York, New York; November 10, 1984, sold by Alan Moss to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
1798–1805
1903
designed 1955, manufactured 1964
About 1740–50
1762
1763
1982–83
late 18th to early 19th century
1862
about 1925
about 1910