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Albert Feinauer

A Rare Three-Piece Coffee Service

Lot Closed

March 15, 02:45 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Albert Feinauer

A Rare Three-Piece Coffee Service


circa 1929-1930

comprising a coffee pot, creamer and sugar bowl

produced by the Barbour Silver Company division of the International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut

silver-plated metal, cane

creamer and sugar bowl each impressed Barbour/5521; coffee pot impressed By/Barbour/5521

coffee pot: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

“Hollow Ware Makes the Extra Sale,” Dry Goods Economist, no. 85, January 1931, p. 111

W. Scott Braznell, "Modern Expression in American Silver: The Designs of the Weimar Émigré Albert Feinauer (1866-1955)," Winterthur Portfolio, vol. 44, no. 4, 2010, p. 282

Judith A. Barter et. al., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago, New Haven, 2016, pp. 221-222 and 249