{"product_id":"culver-22k-gold-patriotic-eagle-cocktail-shaker-set-seven-pieces-c-1960s","title":"Culver 22K Gold \"Patriotic Eagle\" Cocktail Shaker Set, Seven Pieces, c. 1960s","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA complete Culver cocktail set in the \"Patriotic Eagle\" pattern — a 22-karat gold Federal Eagle with olive branch and arrows, ringed by gold stars, on a tall glass shaker with a brass cap and six matching roly-poly rocks glasses. American mid-century barware at its most confident: the Great Seal iconography rendered in glittering gold on clear glass, meant for the sideboard and the cocktail hour and the kind of entertaining that took itself seriously and looked good doing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe timing is not incidental. 2026 marks the \u003cstrong\u003eSemiquincentennial\u003c\/strong\u003e — the 250th anniversary of American independence — and the objects that hold the country's iconography most confidently are worth looking at again. Culver's Patriotic Eagle set was designed in the Kennedy era, when American entertaining leaned into Federal design and Great Seal iconography, and it reads now as both a mid-century artifact and a Semiquincentennial object. The Eagle is the same one on the dollar bill and the presidential seal. The gold is real. The set has been waiting sixty years for this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSold as a complete set of seven: the shaker plus all six original glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFound at auction. The complete matched set is uncommon — most Culver Patriotic Eagle sets that come to market are missing pieces, or the shaker without the glasses, or a partial set of two or three glasses. Finding all six glasses with the original shaker in matching condition is the reason to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Culver Ltd. and American gilded barware\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCulver Ltd., founded in the 1940s and headquartered in New Jersey, was one of a small group of American glassmakers — alongside Georges Briard, Fred Press, and Cera — who defined the mid-century cocktail hour with their signature 22-karat gold decoration on clear glass. Culver's patterns ranged from Hollywood Regency (Greek Key, Chinoiserie, Moroccan) to Americana (Patriotic Eagle, Federal motifs) to Kitsch (Coins, Feathered patterns). Their pieces are actively collected today, with complete matched sets commanding significant premiums over individual glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 22K gold on Culver pieces is real gold, applied by transfer and fired onto the glass — the material and technique that gives these pieces their distinctive brightness even six decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eVery good vintage condition, consistent with the set's age. The 22K gold decoration is intact across the shaker and all six glasses — the Federal Eagle motif, the star patterns, and the gold rim bands all reading brightly. Light fading of the gold band around the rims of some glasses is visible on close inspection, common to gilded glassware of this period. The shaker's brass cap is intact with its original finial. No chips, no cracks, no losses. Structurally sound throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShaker: 9.75 in tall (10 in with cap)\u003cbr\u003eGlasses (six matching): 3 in tall x 2.75 in diameter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlas \u0026 Arden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49103368421620,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/6321\/6372\/files\/atlas-arden-culver-gold-eagle-cocktail-set_8f778e2f-c42d-4d63-9c82-89562197f1a1.jpg?v=1786273074","url":"https:\/\/atlasandarden.com\/products\/culver-22k-gold-patriotic-eagle-cocktail-shaker-set-seven-pieces-c-1960s","provider":"Atlas \u0026 Arden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}