A mid-20^th century Persian (Iranian) silver cocktail shaker, Isfahan circa 1960

Pahlavi dynasty, the three-section shaker of tapering cylindrical form, with domed lid and removable cap, the interior with a drill pierced filter. The shaker body with engraved ghalam zani decoration of a shaped cartouches of arabesques, reserved foliate scrolls, interspaced with cartouches of peonies against a matted ground, the lid similarly decorated with peony cartouches reserved within scroll work against a matted ground. Together with five tots, two pairs and a single, the single circa 1940 with engraved decoration of birds and foliage (gol-o-bolbol) reserved in architraves. The cocktail shaker marked underneath with a partially obscured workshop mark and standard mark (۸۴), the single tot with workshop mark and standard mark (۸۴), same for one pair of tots, the other pair unmarked. (6)

Cocktail shaker height – 20.9 cm / 8.25 inches

Weight – 547 grams / 17.59 ozt