A Napier Two-Fingers jigger. Well-crafted this jigger has a solid feel to it. The "two-fingers" indicated "2 ounces". It also has the numbers 1 and 2 etched into the jigger to show exactly wear the 1 ounce and 2 oz markers are when pouring. Napier started making this particular jigger in the 40s and continued this design through the late 50s. See last photo for the original newspaper advertisement (please note: the ad does not come with the listing, it's purely for reference). Cheers!
A quick bit of history on Napier: The Napier Company was named after its president, James H. Napier, who led the company from 1920 to 1960. But the company's history can be tracked back to 1875 when it was founded as Whitney and Rice in Attleboro, Mass., manufacturing silver products. The firm changed hands and name in 1882 and became Carpenter and Bliss and shortly thereafter, E.A. Bliss and Co., Inc. After rapid expansion in the late 1880s the company moved to Meriden, CT in 1890. After WWI, the firm shifted emphasis from silver products to production of modern jewelry. James Napier became president in 1920 and the company adopted the name Napier - Bliss Co. In 1922, the name was changed to Napier Company. Like many jewelry companies Napier got into lines of art objects and other utilitarian objects like cocktail shakers. In the early to mid 1930s they started producing several cocktail shakers (most notably the "Dial a Drink shaker" and the Rooster motif shaker) other pieces of barware including their well-known graduated/stepped jigger, the mechanical/valve jigger, and their one-finger and two-finger jiggers.
Condition: Very good vintage condition. There's some minor general age that comes purely from time but overall the silver-plating is extremely vibrant. There's some mild tarnish around the hand/fingers. There's some minor surface wear on the bottom of the jigger (see photo). The interior is in good shape. Truly a lovely figural piece.
Hallmarks: "Napier" is stamped/embossed on the bottom of the jigger - please note, it's very faint as it didn't get embossed very heavily.
Measurements: The jigger measures 3" tall from bottom to the tip of the fingers and 1 3/4" wide
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