An Art Deco Coffee and Tea Service
Josef Arnold (Schwäbisch-Gmünd 1885 - Burgberg 1960)
Lot-No. 804
Proceeds : 5.000 €
1939. Silver, marked 800 with half moon and crown, MM: JA (in square). The surfaces with light martelé decor. 5-piece set: coffee pot with wooden handle and knob (h. 20.5 cm), teapot with wooden handle and knob (h. 14.5 cm), cream jug (h. 9 cm), sugar bowl (h. 5.5 cm), oval tray (40 x 30 cm), combined weight approx. 2700 g; also: Sugar tongs, pastry tongs, cake server, 6 coffee spoons, 6 cake forks, total weight approx. 480 g - Expertise: Original invoice by Prof. J. Arnold from 1939 - German goldsmith and silversmith, trained in Schwäbisch-Gmünd, 1907-09 studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Stuttgart, from 1921 head of the newly established metal class at the Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule Altona, professor there in 1924. Active as an industrial designer, ivory carver, chaser, silver and goldsmith and metal sculptor, own studio in Hamburg from 1931, in Burgberg from 1955 Mus.: Hamburg, Museum of Arts and Crafts
Josef Arnold: An Art Deco Coffee and Tea Service
Josef Arnold (Schwäbisch-Gmünd 1885 - Burgberg 1960)
An Art Deco Coffee and Tea Service
Lot-No. 804
Proceeds : 5.000 €
1939. Silver, marked 800 with half moon and crown, MM: JA (in square). The surfaces with light martelé decor. 5-piece set: coffee pot with wooden handle and knob (h. 20.5 cm), teapot with wooden handle and knob (h. 14.5 cm), cream jug (h. 9 cm), sugar bowl (h. 5.5 cm), oval tray (40 x 30 cm), combined weight approx. 2700 g; also: Sugar tongs, pastry tongs, cake server, 6 coffee spoons, 6 cake forks, total weight approx. 480 g - Expertise: Original invoice by Prof. J. Arnold from 1939 - German goldsmith and silversmith, trained in Schwäbisch-Gmünd, 1907-09 studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Stuttgart, from 1921 head of the newly established metal class at the Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule Altona, professor there in 1924. Active as an industrial designer, ivory carver, chaser, silver and goldsmith and metal sculptor, own studio in Hamburg from 1931, in Burgberg from 1955 Mus.: Hamburg, Museum of Arts and Crafts
