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"Boston Lighthouse" cocktail shaker

(active 1898 to the present)
designed 1927; manufactured 1927–29
Object PlaceMeriden, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueSilverplated metal (probably chrome)
DimensionsOverall: 53.3 x 17.8 cm (21 x 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edna and William Sturtevant English
Accession number2009.2784
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
Inscriptions"L.H.S." engraved on side
ProvenanceOwned by Laurance Heaton Sturtevant of Dorchester, Massachusetts (may have received it as a gift); descended in the family to William English of Hingham, Massachusetts; 2009, gift of Edna and William English to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)
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