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Art Nouveau Silver 5-Piece Coffee & Tea Set On Tray, Austria-Hungary, circa 1900
About the Item
Elegant Art Nouveau silver centrepiece consisting of 5 pieces: coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, cream jug and tray.
Vessels with an oval base and smooth straight sides, four symmetrically arranged vertical folds around the circumference, relief bands with sculptural floral decoration on the lower and upper edges, grooved oval openings raised inwards, coffee and teapots with swan spout and hinged lid with smooth round knob, sugar bowl with plug lid, milk jug with spout remains open at the top, J-shaped handles protruding horizontally from the upper edge of the straight vessel walls, with an angular profile on the outside and a rounded profile on the inside, the hot drink jugs with inlaid rings to interrupt heat transfer.
Rectangular silver tray in a smooth, simple design with a raised, flared rim and bevelled corners with a raised groove in the centre, rounded, slightly curved extension of the rim on the broad sides with cut-in handles.
Dimensions:
Coffee pot H = 18,5 cm / 7.28 in
Tea pot H = 16,5 cm / 6.49 in
Creamer H = 11,5 cm / 4.52 in
Sugar box H = 11,0 cm / 4.33 in
Tray L x W = 50,5 x 32,5 cm / 19.88 x 12.59 in
Total silver weight: 4220 grams / 135.69 troy oz
Tray alone 1620 grams / 52.09 troy oz
Hallmarks Vessels:
- Diana's head + 'P' - Austria-Hungarian official hallmark 1872 - 1922, 'P'= Pest, Hungaria, 800 silver
- Bell mark - Master's sign
- Pigeon wing - Austrian import hallmark for silver, from 1925 to the present
Hallmarks Tray:
- Diana's head + 'A' - Austria-Hungarian official hallmark 1872 - 1922, 'A'= Vienna, Austria, 800 silver
- 'K.B' - Master's mark for silversmith KARL BERGER, Vienna
Bibliography: Waltraud Neuwirth, Viennese gold and silversmiths and their hallmarks 1867-1922, Lexicon A-K, Vienna 1976, page 104
Condition:
Very well maintained, perfectly cleaned and polished
- Creator:Viennese Manufactory (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)Depth: 12.6 in (32 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 5
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1900-1909
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1900
- Condition:All silver parts are cleaned and polished.
- Seller Location:Vienna, AT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1014448775472
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