Collection of Vintage Figural Cocktail Picks, Hand-Blown Glass & Celluloid Swizzle Sticks, Mid-Century Barware

A spirited little parade for the cocktail hour. This is a charming collection of vintage figural cocktail picks and swizzle sticks, each crowned with its own miniature character in hand worked glass, celluloid and a few in cast brass. Swans and seahorses, leaping fish and a brass gazelle, tiny liquor bottles complete with paper labels, comic figures and birds in candy bright colours, all riding atop long tapering clear glass stems. They are the sort of thing a 1950s host kept in a tall tumbler on the drinks trolley and produced with a flourish for the olives and cherries.

Gathered over time into one genuine old collection, these picks have the soft patina and gentle wear of decades of good parties. No two are alike, which is precisely the joy of them. Displayed standing in a glass, they read as a tiny kinetic sculpture; put to use, they turn an ordinary martini into theatre.

Styling & Collectors Inspiration

These belong on a well dressed bar cart, ideally fanned in a heavy crystal tumbler where the light can catch the glass. Pair them with our Set of 4 Modernist Glass Trays for serving, and our Pair of Handblown Art Glass Jugs in Murano "Waves" style for the mixers. For maximalist drama, set the whole tableau beside the 1930s Art Deco Silvered Metal Vase, or stage a full continental gathering with the Reinhold Merkelbach Salt-Glazed Beer Stein Set. Browse more treasures in our full collection.

Details

• A genuine old collection of figural cocktail picks and swizzle sticks, sold as one lot
• Materials: hand worked and hand blown glass, celluloid and moulded plastic, with several picks in cast brass
• Figural toppers include swans, birds, fish, a seahorse, a leaping gazelle, miniature liquor bottles with paper labels and comic figures
• Long clear glass tapering stems, the classic mid-century cocktail pick form
• Likely European in origin, mid-20th century
• Condition: honest vintage wear consistent with age and use; an old collector's assembly, charming rather than pristine. Sold as a decorative and collectible lot, not for food use
• A delightful conversation piece for any bar cart or collector of vintage barware

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