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Book, The Savoy Cocktail Book
This is a Book.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
Conceived and compiled around 1930 by Harry Craddock, the popular bartender at Londons Savoy Hotel, as a souvenir for his American clientele,The Savoy Cocktail Book featured colorful drawings of the New York skyline as complements to the pages of sophisticated beverage recipes.
It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library, TX951.C76 1930.
- Manhattan Cocktail Service
- chrome-plated brass.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2018-22-61-a/i
- Gaiety Cocktail Shaker With Lid And Strainer
- metal (chrome plated), enamel.
- Gift of Mel Byars.
- 1991-59-130-a/c
- Punch Bowl, Cocktails and Cigarettes
- glazed earthenware with engobe, sgraffito.
- Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Mather McMillan, 2000.128.
- 48.2016.3
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- Pair of Conical Cocktail Cups Cups
- silver.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2018-22-26-a,b
- Cocktail Set
- silver-plated brass and “vitrolite” glass.
- Lent by Milwaukee Art Museum, Purchase, with funds from Demmer Charitable....
- 45.2016.1a/h
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 20 × 14 × 2.9 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.)
"Stompin’ at the Savoy," Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934)
Before his twentieth birthday, drummer Chick Webb began leading a band at the Savoy Ballroom. The Savoy was an enormous club, taking up an entire city block. Cat’s Corner—the name of the area...
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
