The fashion for silver barware reached its zenith of popularity between the two world wars c1920-1940; before this the range of barware available was broadly limited to decanters in silver frames on the sideboards and funnels to strain the clarets, ports, sherries, and other fortified wines that were so popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The early twentieth century ushered in a new era where the new style cocktails were being introduced and there was an explosion in elegant accoutrements to prepare and serve these new style drinks.
Shakers for cocktails in a variety of forms both in solid silver and silver plate were being made and measures, ice buckets, syphon stands, and various types of stirrers were being made as the demand grew greater.
At William Walter Antiques we have a fine selection of items in both solid silver and silver plate for the bar and sideboard for sale.
