{"id":8164,"date":"2025-05-22T18:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/?page_id=8164"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:22:25","slug":"barware-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dinnerwaremuseum.org\/main\/barware-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Barware Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barware<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Museum of Dinnerware Design Raises a Glass Celebrating the History of Bar & Beverage Ware<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMoDD\u2019s Barware <\/em>exhibition includes international barware in the Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern eras (late 1920s-1960s+) from the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and France and American made glass, chrome, wood, rattan, and plastic cocktail implements and related barware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition Opening Event: May 22, 2025 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm<\/strong>
Exhibition open May 22 – June 1, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday May 14, 2025, at 6:30 pm, IMoDD offered a free Zoom event with collector Scott Hamblen, titled Mid-Century Beverage Ware: From the Kitchen Table to the Cocktail Table<\/em>. The event is part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware <\/em>lecture series that the Museum has been offering since March 2022. [LINK to Video]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If the earliest dining utensils were our ancestor\u2019s own hands, then the earliest barware can be traced to gourd jars used by cultures living in South America around 7,000 BC along with the knowledge that fermented grains with added spices were enjoyed by Ancient Egyptians circa 3500 BC. While not completely ignoring thousands of years of international barware history, today the International Museum of Dinnerware Design is celebrating barware employed and enjoyed by people beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the \u201cage of the cocktail.\u201d This Art Deco style barware featured popular streamlined and industrial shapes by Chase, Manning Bowman, and Revere. The age of the cocktail, along with the Golden Age of the Cocktail Shaker, ended abruptly on December 7, 1941, with America\u2019s involvement with World War II. All metal went to the war effort. It\u2019s been noted that the companies that once made cocktail shakers switched their production to artillery shells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mid-Century barware from the 1950s – 1960s is also to be celebrated. While it did not have the same elegance as the 1920s-1930s, it instead had a post-war aesthetic reflecting a time of relative prosperity and peace, where barware was silk-screened with atomic molecules and exuberance reigned in barware design. Shakers were replaced by push button technology in dispensers and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designers of both eras that you\u2019ll recognize and are included in this special pop up exhibition include Eva Zeisel, Russel Wright, Ernest Sohn, Carl Aub\u00f6ck, A.D. Copier, Dorothy Thorpe, Per Lutken, Freda Diamond, Michael Lax, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cocktail shakers, martini pitchers, ice buckets, bottle openers, drink stirrers, bar glassware, cordial sets, sake bottles, punch bowl sets in metal stands, metal cocktail trays, a beer stein with a lithophane bottom, a tantalus or two, more than one brain-teaser wooden puzzle, vintage paper goods, beer tapsters, and the rare 1941 Bakelite\u00a0Porto<\/em>\u00a0Baradio<\/em>\u00a0are featured barware objects collected by IMoDD and on exhibition in Barware. The exhibition also includes at least one vintage bar cart, and wire sculpture of wine bottles and spilled wine created by Portuguese artist David Oliveira. If you like chrome and glass then you\u2019ll be content.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy Skoglund\u2019s The Cocktail Party<\/em>, a 48\u201d x 65\u201d archival photograph, created by the artist in 1992, which includes cocktail glasses covered in Cheese Doodles, is one of the earliest acquisitions by the museum. This acquisition is a key to understanding the IMoDD permanent collection, as IMoDD collects functional work by international contemporary artists and industrial designers in all media, and additionally collects fine art that references and celebrates dining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMoDD relocated nearly a year ago from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Kingston, New York. The collections are currently gradually being unpacked. Only a portion of our barware collection was chosen for this exhibition, so there will be more to enjoy at a future date. Cheers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Porto-Server Products Inc., Chicago
Porto Baradio Model 9008B, early 1940s
combination bar and radio, built-in loop antenna
Bakelite case with walnut and ivory look radio, 2 decanters, ice cube holder, 6 tumblers, and 4 shot glasses
IMoDD 2016.26 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Schramberger Majolikafabrik, Schramberg, Germany
Eva Zeisel, designer (b. Hungary, 1906-2011)
Schramberg ceramic Liqueur Set, with brandy jug with stopper (model 3366) and five beakers (model 3367), and a circular tray (model 3387), circa 1929-35
IMoDD 2017.181 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Farber Brothers, New York, New York, manufacturer (1915-1965)
Cambridge Glass, Cambridge, Ohio (1873-1958)
7-piece Farber Brothers Krome-Kraft Cambridge Glass (amber) decanter with stopper and 6 cordial glasses, 1932
IMoDD 2017.111 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik, Germany (established 1871)
Art Deco glazed black with orange accents earthenware carafe\/decanter with 4 small cups, 1930s
IMoDD 2024.81 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Leerdam, Netherlands (est. 1878- currently part of Libbey)
A.D. Copier, designer (Dutch, 1901-1991)
Rondo glass liqueur decanter with 5 glasses, 1935
IMoDD 2018.44 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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chrome and glass rotary liqueur dispenser, 1950s
IMoDD Museum Purchase 2015.186<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Godinger Silver Art Co., New York (established 1973)
spiral chrome and glass shot glass or cordial set with stand, 1970s
IMoDD 2017.112 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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glass cocktail shaker with pressed loop handle and brass top, gold banding at the foot and six matching glasses, mid-century
IMoDD 2015.16 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yamato, Tajimi, Japan
Russel Wright, designer (American, 1904-1976)
Theme Formal<\/em> porcelain and glass coffee, serving pieces, dinnerware, glassware 1965
2015.72 Gift of Mark Del Vecchio and Garth Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Holmegaard, Copenhagen, Denmark (established 1825)
Per Lutken, designer, (Danish, 1916-1998)
glass\u00a0Martini\u00a0<\/em>pitcher, 1957
4 smoked cocktail glasses, 1953
IMoDD 2016.185, 2017.54 Museum Purchases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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David Oliveira, (Portuguese, born Lisbon 1980)
wire sculpture wine bottles and glasses, 2012
IMoDD 2012.15 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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WASARA, Japan (manufactured in China)
Shinichiro Ogata, designer (Japanese, b. 20th century)
15-piece sample kit WASARA biodegradable, compostable, tree-free, sustainable dinnerware, 2013 (initial design 2008)
sugar cane fibre, bamboo, reed pulp
2013.56 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Porto-Server Products Inc., Chicago
Porto Baradio <\/em>Model 9008B, early 1940s
combination bar and radio, built-in loop antenna
Bakelite case with walnut and ivory look radio, 2 decanters, ice cube holder, 6 tumblers, and 4 shot glasses
IMoDD 2016.26 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sandy Skoglund (American, b. 1946) 
The Cocktail Party<\/em> \u00a9 1992 Sandy Skoglund HC 2\/4 
archival photograph, 48\u00d765\u201d (121.9\u00d7165.1cm) 
IMoDD 2013.132 Gift of Margaret Carney and Bill Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Air France Concorde<\/em> brushed stainless steel bottle\/can opener shaped like the Concorde
IMoDD 2024.50 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bremer Manufacturing Company
solid cast aluminum shark bottle opener, ca.1954
IMoDD 2017.192 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hazel Atlas, Wheeling, WV (1902 – 1964)
possibly decorated by Gay Fad\u2019s founder Fran Taylor, 1945-1962
Mid-Century Modern glass punch bowl and 18 cups with pink string design with iron stand
glass, with spaghetti string motif, 1950s\u00a0
IMoDD 2015.63 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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unknown manufacturer, Japan
glass and brass whiskey decanter shaped like a hand grenade, marked “Japan” indicating 1921-1941.
Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Japan, Sasayama, Kondach\u014d Tachikui area, within Hyogo Prefecture
Tamba Ware Sak\u00e9 Bottle, late 19th<\/sup>\/early 20th<\/sup> century
earthenware, glazed
IMoDD 2015.174 Gift of Margaret Carney and Bill Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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unknown manufacturer
tantalus glass and chrome locking decanter set, n.d.
IMoDD 2017.68 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Vitreon Queen\u2019s Lustreware, Brooklyn, New York, 1950s-1960s
Silver Fade<\/em> or Mercury Fade<\/em> design chrome and glass cocktail pitcher caddy set, 1960s
IMoDD 2017.42 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chase Manufacturing, 
H.F. Reichenbach, inventor
cylindrical cocktail shaker and 6 cups, 1933
chrome
IMoDD 2016.59 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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unknown manufacturer
chrome cocktail shaker with red bakelite handle and music box base, 1930s
IMoDD 2016.60 Museum Purchase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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German, unknown manufacturer
ceramic and metal beer stein with lithophane bottom, 1899
IMoDD 2015.110 Museum Purchase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Revere Copper and Brass, Inc., Rome, New York (1801-present)
copper beer\u00a0Tapster,<\/em>\u00a0circa 1934
IMoDD 2016.184 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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lidded chrome cocktail urn with spigot and 6 colorful glasses
IMoDD 2017.44 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lehman Brothers, New York City 
chromium bar set server with spigot and six glasses
IMoDD 2015.142 Museum Purchase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sparklets Corporation, New York
Sparklet Devices, Inc., Newark, N.J.
red and chrome Sparklets seltzer bottle and 5 Sparklets in original box, 1940s
IMoDD 2016.65 Museum Purchase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Homan, Cincinnati, Ohio (1847-1941)
Homan silver plate on nickel plate Art Deco Sani-Tite<\/em> hand-hammered 2-quart cocktail shaker with tray and 6 matching tumblers, 1930s
IMoDD 2024.185 Gift of Richard W. Gold from the Collection of Arthur J. Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cambridge Glass, Cambridge, Ohio (1873-1958) 
Krome Kraft by Farber Brothers, New York (1915-1965)
Cambridge Glass Farberware no. 5555 chrome and glass tantalus with 3 decanters (3400\/156) in forest green, amber, and royal blue with ball stoppers and chrome stand set with lock and keys, 1930s
IMoDD 2020.35 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ernest Sohn Creations, Inc., 1950s
Ernest Sohn Creations with Corning Brand Heat Proof Glass beaker and 4 Federal Glass (blanks) tumblers tiki style cocktail beverage server, oval tray, glasses and bamboo stirrer, circa 1955
IMoDD 2020.172 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Libbey Glass Co., Toledo, Ohio (established 1888)
glass cocktail pitcher & 6 cordial glasses with silver banding, 1950
IMoDD 2014.162 Gift of Nancy and Tom Durnford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Libbey Glass, Toledo, Ohio (established 1888)
Freda Diamond (American, 1905-1998), designer
Golden Foliage<\/em> glass and metal cocktail shaker, ca. 1953-78, metal carrier with ice bucket and glasses
IMoDD 2016.67 Museum Purchase, IMoDD 2016.68 Gift of Victoria Matranga
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unknown manufacturer
Dorothy Thorpe, designer
glass pitcher with silver banding and 15 cordial and stemmed glasses, 1960s
IMoDD 2015.143 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Philip Rosenthal & Co., Bavaria, Germany (established 1879)
Elsa Fischer-Treyden, designer (German, b. Moscow 1901-1995)
Rosenthal\u00a0Fortuna<\/em>\u00a0Smoke pattern crystal champagne flute (1963-1969), water goblet (1963-1969), wine glass (1963-1969), sherbert glass (1957-1969)
blown glass, smoke color
IMoDD 2015.129, 2015.134, 2015.135, 2017.29 Museum Purchase\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Federal Glass Company, Columbus, Ohio (1900-1979)
Eva Zeisel, designer (American b. Budapest, 1906-2011)
3 Prestige<\/em> barware clear glasses designed by Eva Zeisel, iced tea, old-fashioned, cocktail, with bulbous bottoms, 1954
IMoDD 2022.128 Gift of Jean Richards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Federal Glass Company, Columbus, Ohio (1900-1979)
Eva Zeisel, designer (American b. Budapest, 1906-2011)
3 Stockholm<\/em> barware clear glasses designed by Eva Zeisel, highball, old-fashioned, cocktail, 1959
IMoDD 2022.129 Gift of Jean Richards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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unknown manufacturer
Carl Aub\u00f6ck, designer (Austrian, 1900-1957)
8 cordial glasses with cane\/rattan wrapped stems, 1940s-1950s
IMoDD 2022.12 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Raffia Ware plastic pitcher & eight colorful tumblers with metal carrying rack, ca. 1960s
IMoDD 2015.17 Museum Purchase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hyalyn Porcelain Company, Hickory, North Carolina (1943-1973)
Michael Lax, designer (1929-1999)
Raymor Capri<\/em> white porcelain martini pitcher with walnut handle, 1953
IMoDD 2022.10 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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unknown maker 
pair of brain teaser 3D wooden puzzles shaped like a wine bottle and wine glass
IMoDD 2024.15 Collection of Daniel T. and Janice Bluestein Longone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NUDE Glass, Instanbul, Turkey (established 1935)
Brad Ascalon, designer
blown crystal hemisphere-shaped\u00a0Hepburn<\/em>\u00a0coupe cocktail glass with long stem, 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
IMoDD 2019.85 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anchor Hocking, Lancaster, Ohio (established 1905)
Depression glass in the Art Deco pattern\u00a0Manhattan<\/em>, crystal, with concentric ribs, two sherberts, 1938-1943
IMoDD 2024.49 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alexander & Wilson Co., Pasadena, California
What\u2019s Yours?<\/em> Plastic drink markers set, 1950s
IMoDD 2017.191 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Farberware, Brooklyn, New York
Farberware glass and chrome cordial set with six small tumblers in pastel hues served on chrome base with anguished Art Deco figure of a woman in the center, 1930s
IMoDD 2024.11 Collection of Daniel T. and Janice Bluestein Longone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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unknown manufacturer
4 black metal bar serving\/tip trays with pink elephant motif, 1940s-1950s
IMoDD 2016.169 Gift of Vicki Matranga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The House of Lord, Merrick, L.I., NY, Harper’s Bazaar Tres Chic napkin, coater and matches set, date unknown
Gift of Karen Herche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Farber Bros., New York City
8-piece chrome and glass cordial set with 7 blue glass cordial inserts on chrome stems with chrome tray with handle, 1930s
IMoDD 2019.114 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lancaster Colony Corporation, Westerville, Ohio (established 1961)
Nicholas Angelakos, designer
Dome Master<\/em>\u00a0yellow plastic ice bucket, 1969
IMoDD 2017.81 Museum Purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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