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"Boston Lighthouse" cocktail shaker
Manufactured by: International Silver Company (active 1898 to the present)
designed 1927; manufactured 1927–29
Object Place: Meriden, Connecticut
Medium/Technique
Silverplated metal (probably chrome)
Dimensions
Overall: 53.3 x 17.8 cm (21 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edna and William Sturtevant English
Accession Number2009.2784
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Marks
Meriden S. P. Co. / International S. Co. / 340
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)