Paul Lobel

Contemporary American Industrial Art: Thirteenth Exhibition, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1934, n.p. (for the prototype of the complete tea service, present whereabouts unknown)
Richard Guy Wilson et al., The Machine Age in America 1918 – 1941, New York 1986, p. 310 (for the complete service in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, cover and p. 107 (for the complete service in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Jewel Stern, Modernism in Silver: 20th Century Design,  New Haven 2005, pp. 110-116 (for illustrations and a discussion of the complete service in the John C. Waddell Collection)
John Stuart Gordon, American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950, New Haven 2011, pp. 266-277 (for the complete service in the John C. Waddell Collection, promised gift to Yale University Art Gallery)

Please note, in addition to the complete tea service which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, another complete tea service is in the collection of John Waddell, New York, promised gift to Yale University Art Gallery. Overall excellent original condition. Shows extremely minor wear, including some minor surface dirt, tarnish and oxidation points. There are also a few extremely light scratches and scuffs to the finish, especially in the central area of the bowl.
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