VINTAGE STEUBEN COCKTAIL SHAKER/CARAFE 9 1/4" WITH TEAR DROP LID

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BEING OFFERED IS A BEAUTIFUL STEUBEN COCKTAIL SHAKER/CARAFE.  THE ITEM HAS ISSUES, BUT IF YOU ARE USING IT FOR YOURSELF THEY WOULD NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE STYLE AND BEAUTY OF THIS ITEM WHICH, IF PERFECT, WOULD SELL FOR OVER 0. THE SHAKER STANDS 9 1/4" WITHOUT THE STOPPER AND THE TOP OPENING IS 2 1/2"; THE STOPPER HAS A TEAR DROP IN ITS INTERIOR. THE DECANTER WAS DESIGNED BY DONALD RUSSELL AND THIS SIZE WAS MADE IN THE EARLY 1940'S.  TWO NOTCHES CUT IN THE STOPPER COINCIDE WITH THE DOUBLE SPOUTS TO ENABLE SHAKING WITHOUT LOSS OF LIQUID AND THEN, WITH A TWIST, PERMITTING POURING WHILE THE STOPPER IS IN PLACE.
CONDITION: DAMAGES, TOP OF PIECE IS CHIPPED IN SEVERAL PLACES, THE STOPPER ALSO HAS MINOR CHIPS; THE BOTTOM HAS ONE SCRATCH.(SEE PHOTOS).
AS ALWAYS, WHEN POSSIBLE, WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WITH MULTIPLE PURCHASES.