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Art Nouveau Viennese Silver 4-Piece Coffee Set, Vincenz Mayer's Sons, circa 1900

About the Item

Elegant, simple, 4-part silver core consisting of a coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl and tray. Vessels with an oval basic shape and smooth walls, narrowing slightly conically towards the top, with profiled ribbons on the lower edge and on top, here with crossed loops. Coffee pot with swan spout and hinged lid with a profiled silver button with bone ring as a handle, raised curved handles on all vessels, with bead rings made of bone at the coffee pot. Loose lid with a profiled silver button on the sugar bowl. Rectangular, smooth tray with a circumferential, profiled band with crossed loops, on the short sides profiled handles with floral ends. All parts monogrammed. Branded by the Diana's head mark, the Viennese official hallmark 1872 - 1912 for 800 silver Manufactory stamp: 'VMS' - Vincenz Mayer's Sons: Founded in 1810, was a jewelry company in Vienna, a former k.u.k. purveyor to the court and chamber jeweler of the emperor and empress, one of the most important order jewelers in Vienna in the 19th and 20th centuries. The company also supplied among others the courts of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, the Vatican, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and much more. In 1922 the company had to close for economic reasons. Dimensions: Coffee pot H = 20.5 cm / 8.07 in Creamer H = 9.0 cm / 3.54 in Sugar bowl H = 10.0 cm / 3.93 in Tray L x W = 48.5 x 32.5 cm / 19.09 x 12.79 in Silver weight: 2054 grams / 72.30 oz / 66.04 troy oz Excellent condition, perfectly cleaned and polished.
  • Creator:
    Vincenz Mayer's Sohne (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Width: 19.09 in (48.49 cm)Depth: 12.79 in (32.49 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 4
  • 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: LU1014420926152