French Art Deco Chrome & Bakelite Gedeon Duck Snail Cocktail Pick Set
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Directory: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1940: Item # 1405765
Directory: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1940: Item # 1405765
$350.00
A French Art Deco cocktail pick set in the form of Gideon the duck and his snail friend worked in chrome on a mahogany base. The design is by the famed French Art Deco illustrator Benjamin Rabier, who created a comic strip called "The Adventures of Gideon" in 1923. It was immensely popular and Rabier was commissioned to make a range of entertaining barware. Few of Rabier's designs were signed, but this example is signed with his full name. The twelve picks have red bakelite finials. Cocktail pick holders ("porte-piques") were once a fixture of every French bar and café. Today, they can be use to spear olives of cherries in a cocktail, or to serve small hors d'oeuvres.
- Origin: France, ca. 1930.
- Dimensions: 5 7/16" x 3" x 4 1/2".
- Condition: very good; a small area of wear to chrome in the folds of the tail feathers and another smaller spot on the underside of the tail; normal age-appropriate wear to the wooden base.
