Design
Design
A Rare Three-Piece Coffee Service
Lot Closed
March 15, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
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