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A German Silver Jugendstil Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Tray, Designed by Fritz Schmoll von Eisenworth for Bruckmann & Söhne, Heilbronn, Circa 1913

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August 11, 04:24 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

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A German Silver Jugendstil Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Tray, Designed by Fritz Schmoll von Eisenworth for Bruckmann & Söhne, Heilbronn, Circa 1913

comprising a Teapot, Coffee Pot, Kettle on Lampstand, Creamer, Sugar Bowl, and matching two-handled Tray, all chased with dense berried foliage within shaped reserves, matched at the handles, the wood handles inlaid with silver circles and dots

marked on bases and numbered 11400, all but the creamer and sugar bowl also stamped with retailer W. Ganssen, Coburg, the creamer and sugar bowl with variant Bruckmann marks

175 oz 15 dwt gross

5467 g

height of kettle on lampstand 15 in.; length of tray over handles 24 1/4 in.

38 cm; 61.5 cm

An example of this set without the kettle on lampstand is illustrated in The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art, January 1914, p. 131.

This set was designed by Fritz Schmoll von Eisenworth (1883-1963) in 1913 for Bruckmann & Söhne.

An example of the coffee pot is in the collection of the British Museum (1995,0716.1).