Vintage French Carved Horn Cocktail Pick Set
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Directory: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1960: Item # 1405370
Directory: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1960: Item # 1405370
$135.00
A carved horn cocktail pick set in the form of a flying bird that looks rather like an albatross. The bird has inset glass eyes. The natural coloring of the horn is used to good effect in the bird’s wing and tail feathers. The set is completed with a holder containing ten cocktail picks with horn finials. Cocktail pick holders (“porte-piques”) were once a fixture on the bar of every café in France and were sometimes used in the home as well. Horn sets were popular in the 1950s. Usually made in the Auvergne, the sets were a by-product of the region’s renowned cattle industry. Because the picks have tines, they can be used to spear cherries or olives for cocktails or to serve small hors d’oeuvres.
- Origin: France, ca. 1950.
- Dimensions: 7-3/4” x 3-5/8” x 4” high.
- Condition: excellent; minor flaking at the bottom edge consistent with age and use.
