French Art Deco Benjamin Rabier Snail Cocktail Pick Set
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Directory: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1940: Item # 1483677
Directory: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1940: Item # 1483677
$235.00
A French Art Deco cocktail pick set in the form of a large chrome snail on a mahogany base. The design is by the famed French Art Deco children’s books illustrator Benjamin Rabier, who had a side job designing entertaining barware. The twelve picks have red bakelite finials that resemble cherries. Cocktail pick holders (“porte-piques”) were once a fixture of every Parisian bar and café. Today, they are used in home bars to spear olives, cherries or onions in a cocktail, or so serve small hors d’eouvres.
- Origin: France, ca. 1930
- Condition: excellent, no chrome loss, a tiny bit of scuffing on the wood finish
- Dimensions: 4-7/8” x 2-1/2” x 4-1/2”
