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This is a tall slim cocktail shaker with vertical grooves to the body, a panel cut neck, and two part top (a glass strainer and a stopper. Etched on the bottom of the stopper with the mark; MADE IN ENGLAND. Possibly 1920s.

This cocktail shaker is not in the catalogues and books and I only knew it Stuart based on the unusual two part top, that is the same as used in a different shaped cocktail shaker that is in the Stuart Crystal 1927 catalogue. This is the basis the date I have given as this type of top does not reappear in the 1930s catalogue.

Reference: Stuart Crystal Catalogue 1927

Height: 9.25 inches

Width: 5 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal barrel shaped body engraved with fighting cockerels, a faux neck ring and two part top (a glass strainer and a stopper. Etched on the bottom of the stopper with the mark; MADE IN ENGLAND. Possibly 1920s.

This is the weird cocktail shaker that is in the 1927 catalogue. It is strange in that I am not aware of any other companies making similar cocktail shakers. I am not sure it is a particularly successful design, because the glass top cocktail shakers had vanished by the end of the 1930s, and even this this type is quite rare.

Reference: Stuart Crystal Catalogue 1927

Height: 8.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal cocktail shaker, with the lower half of the body cut with vertical grooves and a frieze of cut diamond shapes around the top half. Made circa.1920s.

There is no exact match for the this decanter although the 1920s catalogue does have several this shape but with different cut patterns. I only have a snap shot catalogue for 1927, so I imagine this made within a few years each side of that year.

Reference: Stuart Crystal Catalogue 1927

Height: 8.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal cocktail shaker based on the Stratford pattern. The is clear glass with two incised horizontal bands that have been enamelled blue around the body and blue band enamelled around the lip. It is etched underneath with the mark Stuart ENGLAND. This design is from 1933, and the etched mark was used from 1926-50.

Of the Stuart Crystal enamelled wares this is the most minimalist pattern, although it does have the extra that the rings are cut into the glass first before colouring. There are others with multi-coloured rings. This cocktail shaker probably comes in green and red too, as I have glasses from this service in those colours as well.

Reference: 20th Century British Glass, Charles R. Hajdamach, pages 117-122

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 423

Reference: The Journal of the Glass Association Volume 3 1990, page 29

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal cocktail shaker based on the Stratford pattern. The base is of amber glass the rest of the body and stopper being clear. It has enamelled designs with fighting cockerels on the body with one bird having killed the other, a band of forget me not flowers around the shoulder, black band on the edge of the pouring lip, and under the base a larger single forget me not flower head. It is etched underneath with the mark Stuart ENGLAND. This design is from 1933, and the etched mark was used from 1926-50.

The Stuart Crystal enamelled glass of this period was done with a transfer outline with was then hand painted over with the enamel. As this is described as enamel in all the books, this means it is not cold painted , but would have been reheated to fuse the enamel to the surface of the glass.

Whilst the subject matter here is quite morbid, cockfighting was banned in England and Wales in 1835 and in Scotland 1895.

Reference: 20th Century British Glass, Charles R. Hajdamach, pages 117-122

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 423

Reference: The Journal of the Glass Association Volume 3 1990, page 30

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal cocktail shaker based on the Stratford pattern. It has enamelled designs with a large cockerel on the body, a band of flowers around the shoulder and top of the stopper. It has Etched underneath with the mark Stuart. This design is used from 1921, and the etched mark was used from 1926-50.

This cocktail shaker is not as gruesome as the previous one, and so maybe more commercial. I am not sure how many different cockerel designs Stuart used on these cocktail shakers as the two I have are different from those in the books. So I can only suppose they had several.

To my eye the bird facing left feels wrong, and also the bird is in a fighting stance as illustrated by the above glasses. It wouldn't surprise me if this shaker didn't start out as one of a pair with two cockerels facing off to each other. That would make sense to me.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 423

Reference: The Journal of the Glass Association Volume 3 1990, page 30

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal cocktail shaker based on the Stratford pattern. It has enamelled designs with a frieze of cherries and foliage around the middle of the body and large cockerel on the body, and thinner bands of foliage below and above and another around the top of the stopper. It has Etched underneath with the mark Stuart. This design is used from 1921, and the etched mark was used from 1926-50.

I think this enamel design works better than the ones with cockerels on them, not on the basis that cock fighting is considered distasteful now, it is just more aesthetically pleasing.

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 423

Reference: The Journal of the Glass Association Volume 3 1990, page 30

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is a Stuart Crystal cocktail shakerwith a amber foot and stopper and clear body based on the Stratford pattern. It has Etched underneath with the mark Stuart. This design is used from 1921, and the etched mark was used from 1926-50.

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Reference: 20th Century British Glass, Charles R. Hajdamach, pages 117-122

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 423

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

This is an amber Stuart Crystal cocktail shaker based on the Stratford pattern. It has Etched underneath with the mark Stuart. This design is used from 1921, and the etched mark was used from 1926-50.

This is the plainer more common version of the above cocktail shakers. This is not as fancy as the enamelled version, but it still feels like a quality thing with its heavy solid glass stopper. Most cocktail shakers of this period and type have hollow stoppers and just don't have the same quality feel.

Reference: 20th Century British Glass, Charles R. Hajdamach, pages 117-122

Reference: The Decanter Ancient to Modern, Andy McConnell, page 423

Height: 10.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches