Gio Ponti
"Diamond" Flatware Service
Auction Closed
December 10, 11:19 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gio Ponti
"Diamond" Flatware Service
designed 1958
comprises 132 pieces, including 14 dinner knives, 14 dinner forks, 14 salad forks, 14 table spoons, 14 tea spoons, 14 cocktail forks, 9 soup spoons, 5 fish knives, 14 butter knives, 14 cocktail forks, 2 soup ladles, 1 dessert spoon, 1 sugar spoon, 1 candle snuffer and 1 dinner bell
together with a later wood case
produced by Reed & Barton, Taunton, Massachusetts
sterling silver
the knives marked REED & BARTON/MIRRORSTELE/STERLING HANDLE; the forks and spoons impressed Reed & Barton/STERLING
candle snuffer: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, June 13, 2004, lot 70 (for 95 pieces from the present service)
Wright, Chicago, March 28, 2004, lot 305 (for 37 pieces from the present service)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Wright, Chicago, March 28, 2004, lot 305 (for 37 pieces from the present service)
Acquired from the above by the present owner