Tall Boy

Designer Lurelle Guild American
 Manufacturer International Silver Co., Wilcox Silver Plate Co. Division, Meriden, Connecticut

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 902

Lurelle Guild was an architect, illustrator, and industrial designer. An interest in Early American decorative arts and architecture infused his designs, but he also drew on elements of modernism, such as geometric forms. The "Tall Boy" cocktail shaker reflects this duality. The cylindrical shape of the shaker is simplicity itself, but the decorative reeding on the base and shoulder is a more traditional element. The shaker was produced in several colorways; it could be purchased with foot, body and cap in red, black, blue, or green.

Tall Boy, Lurelle Guild (American, New York, New York 1898–1985 Darien, Connecticut), Metal, enamel, lacquered wood

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