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RARE! CUBIST ART DECO BAUHAUS MODERN SILVER PLATE TEA SET COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL TRAY!!!
Reminiscent of avant-garde Bauhaus works as well as the Italian and French modernists of the 1930’s (Gio Ponti, Maison Desny, Peter Muller-Munk ‘s Normandie pitcher, Jean Puiforcat), this stunning and rare set would fit right in a Rob Mallet-Stevens, Eileen Gray, or Mies Van Der Rohe interior! Its sleek geometry is of the Lino Sabattini school and the architectural forms from Swid-Powell, Starck, Punto Bacola / Montagnani, KEM Weber… and very much in the spirit of Henri Bouhilhet’s “Geometrie” set for Christofle from the 1970s.
Manufactured by Alcor/ Spain —designer unknown, though a dealer suggested this may be the work of a well-known (uncredited) designer.
In any case….
COMPLETE FIVE PIECE SET! Coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar, AND the original matching tray.
Art Deco / Moderne Cubist Bauhaus Style Silver Plate in Very Good Vintage Condition.
NOTE: A 3 PIECE SET - without the coffee pot or the coveted and ultra-rare matching tray - sold recently on 1st dibs for $2200, (see pic #7), so expect this COMPLETE FIVE (!) PIECE SET to be snapped up quickly. We will consider a reasonable offer.
SHIPPING: Due to this set’s value and rarity, a signature is required on delivery. International buyers pay the rates calculated and charged directly by , and are responsible for any import duties incurred.
In our years of obsessively collecting Art Deco / Moderne tea sets, we have only come across this as a FULL five-piece (!!!) set three times and only one other time in this condition! (On 1st Dibs a few years back and it was snapped up in an instant!)
So if one is seeking the IDEAL set to accent a sleek tabletop… or the PERFECT gift for the modernist collector in one’s life, look no further!
MEASUREMENTS (approximate):
Coffee pot: 9.5”
Teapot: 8.5”
Creamer: 5.5”
Sugar: 3.5”
Tray: 11” x 15.5”
CONDITION: Some wear, commensurate with age and use. Just retrieved from the vault & given a 10 minute cursory polish prior to taking the listing photographs.
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Please also check our other listings! In the coming weeks, we will be offering several other prized 1920’s - 1930’s Art Deco pieces, including sculptures by ALEXANDRE OULINE, LUCIEN GIBERT, JEAN DE RONCOURT, MAX LE VERRIER… and PUIFORCAT flatware, goblets a pair of table lamps by Maison Desny. More tea sets: Ilonka Karasz, Christofle, ERCUIS, etc. Plus pieces from Revere, Lurelle Guild for Kensington, and Chase, modernist paintings, a suite of cubist portraits / lithographs, African and tribal art, as well as a nice selection of furniture — a Machine Age Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons bedroom set, (dressers, bed, vanity / desk), tables and chairs by Wolfgang Hoffmann and Alfons Bach (Royalchrome, Lloyd). Also, a Paul Frankl inspired skyscraper coffee table, a pair of Ralph Lauren Modern Metropolis side tables, and small objects and figurines (Rosenthal, Hertwig Kathutte), as well as a pair of shagreen*/ leather screens custom created for the Baccarat Hotel, NYC.
We are also in process of posting nearly a dozen men’s designer pieces (sunglasses, leather shoes, boots, sneakers, jackets, duffel bags, luggage and sweaters) from Prada, Bottega Veneta, Hermes, Cartier, Dolce and Gabbana and Guccii — so if interested, please be certain to check back in the coming days. Much vintage luggage and travel pieces from Asprey, Mappin & Webb— including two different pairs of goatskin parchment (vellum) trunks (one set from the estate of Andre Leon Talley!
