Lot 3002
  • 3002

A Five-Piece Italian Silver "Coffee And Tea Piazza", Designed by Michael Graves For Alessi, Limited Edition, designed 1983

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases, numbered 56/99 and stamped 1993, rim of tray not marked 925
  • Silver, resin, Enamel
  • height of coffee pot 9 7/8 in.
  • 25cm
comprising: Teapot, Coffee Pot, Creamer, two-handled covered Sugar Bowl and two-handled Tray, the square bodies with vertically fluted sides extending at corners into feet raised on resin plinths, the shoulders applied with blue enameled spheres and the ivory-colored resin handles terminating  matching blue sphere terminals, the conical covers with blue hemispherical finials, the circular tray with glass base, the rod sides dotted with blue enamel spheres

Condition

very good condition
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Catalogue Note

"It was silver-coated architectural theory that you could use for pouring coffee" - Max Protetch, New York gallerist who showed the collection. Michael Graves version was the best-selling design.