Christian Dell

comprising a mocha pot, sugar bowl and creamer

Adrian J. Tilbrook, United Kingdom
Dr. Stephen A. Martin, Pennsylvania.
Private Collection, New York

M.R. J. Brinkgreve et al, Europäisches Kunstgewerbe, Leipzig, 1928, p. 44 (for an example of Dell's iconic wine jug with a similar foot treatment form) 
Wulf Herzogenrath, 50 Years Bauhaus, London, 1968, p. 105, pl. 211 (for a related modernist tea and coffee set featuring the stark "D" handle)
Annelies Krekl Aalberse, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, London, 1989, p. 168, pl. 155 (for a related coffee and tea service in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Dr. Klaus Weber, Die Metall Werkstatt am Bauhaus, Berlin, 1992, pp. 192-195 (for related examples)

Very good overall condition. Light surface scratches to the silver as expected from normal use and occasional polishing. The ivory with very fine, stable cracks as expected from age. There is some beverage patination to the interior of the creamer and mocha pot as expected. One of the two threaded post caps securing the ivory lid handle to the mocha pot is lacking, but the handle is secure.
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