Road Trip Find

I was travelling Washington DC when I found this great 1925 martini set. The shaker has a ship in silver along with silver bands and a cobalt blue foot, also 10 glasses.

Little hunting theme

5 duck and goose hunting themed Martini Shakers, these are wheel cut shakers clloected in my travels through Southern Ontario.

time to update a few new finds

Another Birthday gift.... Yes I know I am a major Spoily Pants!!!

This is a beautiful chrome and glass retro style martini/mixed drinks cocktail shaker. It stands 7 1/2" tall and is in great condition. It has a removable chrome top and the spout has a removable lid for easy mixing and pouring. The top chrome section has a rubber seal that prevents leaks when shaking. The graphics on the sides of the glass are very retro 1950's with red boomerangs and frosted glass lines in the background with drawings of drink glasses. It even gives the ingredients to mix several drinks.

Cost: Purchased on eBay and received as yet another birthday gift!

Happy Birthday.... cont'd

This is a vintage cut glass and chrome martini cocktail shaker/mixer. What makes this shaker a little more funky is a built-in battery- operated blender! Unfortunately, I could not determine what type of battery this takes – it appears to be slightly larger than a “C” but slightly smaller than a “D”? So I have not been able to determine if the mixer portion still works. This still functions well as a manual shaker and makes for a fantastic addition to any barware display.

The glass shaker features a cut glass diamond pattern on the top ¼ of the shaker with the words COCKTAIL BLENDER. The bottom ¾ of the glass shaker features architectural vertical lines radiating up from a cut-glass sunburst base. The top of the shaker screws off and is made of chrome. The shaker measures 9 ½ inches tall.

Cost: purchased on eBay, only the gift giver knows!

Cut glass shaker set

Another combo-find..I had the shaker from this set for a couple months when I found the matching ice bucket, pitcher, and 6 glasses. Everything is in perfect shape except for the chrome on the shaker lid which has 2 little worn areas.

Found Elora/Fergus
Cost $60.00

Happy Birthday to me!!

Tina, what a sweetie! ,, got me this incredible Italian? shaker set with bubbles in the glass, it is a great set very nice and refined.

Unusual MURANO cocktail,martini shaker with 6 glasses. Made as a bottle, with very wide neck, so big ice cubes can go in,light green colour, with controlled air bubbles in the thick glass.Stopper is also big,clear glass with air bubbles and flat top.Shaker with stopper weights over 3 lb, 10 1/2" in height, nice and solid.It comes with 6 glasses, same light green colour with air bubbles inside the bottom of each glass. Glasses are over 3 1/2" in height and 2 3/4" wide at the top. Mint condition.

The best birthday prezzy ive ever gotten!

Thanks hun!
Found on my birthday!
Cost - Free, for me at least!

Kids on a Carousel

More, more, can I ever have enough? Only Time (and space) will tell.

I found the matching ice bucket, and 3 :( tumblers, to go with my "kids on the carousel" shaker!

Found Elora/Freelton
Cost-$38.00

Another trip gives up an old Hazel Atlas

Just out for a day trip found this one tucked away, I think Tina spotted it first actually. It has the large "HA" Hazel-Atlas marking on the bottom with numbers on the inside. The top is aluminum with a couple of dents.

Found: Fergus
Cost: $14.00

Shaker "HUNTING" takes a new direction!

On the shaker "HUNT" what a find, this huge 22" shaker. Perfect for getting your freinds loaded!

Location: my secret spot, (couldn't afford to buy all the shakers....YET!)
Cost $85.00

The St. Lawrence Market comes through

Down Town for a trip to pick up some fresh meat, cheese and bread, I just love heading down to the market. This trip also was worthwhile for the Ivingware 70's shaker, dubbed "cheers"

Found: North St. Lawrence Market antique store.

Price: $18.00

Another day of hunting

The couple of trips I have made to the antique markets have proven to be fruitful, but dont expect to find anything now on Southern Ontario, I have cleaned em all out.

Another Shaker Style

The other common shaker I thought I would add to the collection next is the 2 nesting cups.
Generaly the one cup is glass the other Stainless Steel. I found this one on Ebay as well, and although the seller was against shipping to Canada, we convinced them to ship to some of my relatives in Michigan, then my dad on a trip through to see us here in Oakville, was nice enough to act as delivery boy.

Found: Ebay
Price: $8.00, and one yet to be claimed favour to my dad.

Who woulda figgured Ebay had a use?

A little research about my new found hobby, and we discovered that Hazel Atlas made some pretty cool shakers, and in my opinion the Pink Elephant shaker tops this list. Soon Tina had won a bid on Ebay from a lady in Ottawa for a Pink Elephant Shaker and 5 matching glasses.

Found Ebay
Price $100.00USD

A collector in the making.

Off for a day trip with my new friend... Hmm... new friend. What a lucky SOB Iam.

We decided to do a little antique hunting through Fergus, and Elora. While walking through the stalls I saw a shaker then another, and soon I was seeing them all over, and before the day was out I had bought somewhere around 10 shakers. Most were in the same 50's style, and prices ranged from $5.00 to $25.00. What a blast it was great fun. Here are some of the pics from my first real shaker hunt.

The Birth of a collection

While I was cruising the Kerr street strip near my new bach pad, I found a little used stuff store, I was really looking for card/booze theme stuff, when I saw this shaker.

It looked quite retro, and as I found out later it is a repro taken from the styles popular in the 50's and 60's.

Little did I know that it was the start of a obssesion....

Found: Kerr Street, now gone junk store
Price $18.00,, easily found from $12-$20

My First Shaker

My first Cocktail Shaker was certianly a very pedestrian purchase. I had tried a Martini with my Sister and her Hubby, and although I was initially unimpressed, the drink quickly grew on me.

Soon I found myself searching out my own Shaker. This stainless shaker is the work-horse of my collection.

Found at the Bay.

Price $24.99

Pic of me at my sisters place.

The moment before that first sip of an icy cold Gin Martini,, could life get any better than this?

Origins of the word "cocktail"

Perhaps the greatest mystery of mankind, well mabey not, but an interesting read for those who like to sit back after a long day and shake a little gin and vermouth.

http://www.drinkfocus.com/cocktails/word-origin-cocktail.php

Starting out

Here is an older pic of my bar.

With some of my hunting throphies proudly displayed.