Sugar and cream set (2) - Silver - Tea/coffee service set (c
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Selected by Chiara Scotto Pasanisi dei Foscarini
Holds master’s in art business and decorative arts; exhibited at TEFAF Maastricht.
Estimate € 500 - € 650
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A two-piece Austro-Hungarian Empire tea and coffee service in 800/1000 silver, comprising a creamer and a sugar bowl, with a total weight of 500 g and dimensions of 7 cm wide by 18 cm high by 6 cm deep.
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Description from the seller
Tea/coffee service set (creamer and sugar bowl)
Material: Silver grade 800/1000
Total weight: for the 2 pieces is 505 g (285g and 220g)
16 cm wide at the handles and 7.5 cm high
Technique: casting, hammering, engraving and hand-chiseling
Decor: ornamental frieze with stylized rosette and vegetal motifs; frontal cartouche with engraved monogram
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Silver mark and title
The objects are made of 800 silver, Diana in flower mark one off the standard of Austro-Hungarian silver.
Arguments: Diana in flower mark was used during the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1890 until the end of the empire in 1919 and was used for 800 purity silver, in fact the pieces were tested with a spectrograph, resulting in 800 purity
the shape of the vessels and the base on the pedestal, spiral handles
repetitive decorative band with rosettes
central monogram specific to pieces ordered for domestic use or as a family gift
This type of object frequently appears in tea or coffee services from the Belle Époque period.
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Style
Eclectic style of neoclassical inspiration / Louis XVI reinterpreted
Characteristics:
repetitive decor with rosettes and plant motifs, balanced proportions and symmetry
volute handles, central cartouche intended for the owner's monogram
This type of ornament is typical is borrowed from luxury French silverware style intended for the urban bourgeoisie of the second half of the 18th century.
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Function
The pieces were part of a tea or coffee service, used in the social ritual of serving hot drinks, very popular in aristocratic and bourgeois European environments. These pieces can only enrich the beauty of your coffee table and can be kept in sight at all times, being used as containers for any purpose (fragrant chips)
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Artistic and historical value, but also the material value of silver
The set illustrates:
the high technical level of Austro-Hungarian Empire silverware of the Belle Époque
the custom of personalizing objects by monogramming
the importance of tea services in European social culture.
Tea/coffee service set (creamer and sugar bowl)
Material: Silver grade 800/1000
Total weight: for the 2 pieces is 505 g (285g and 220g)
16 cm wide at the handles and 7.5 cm high
Technique: casting, hammering, engraving and hand-chiseling
Decor: ornamental frieze with stylized rosette and vegetal motifs; frontal cartouche with engraved monogram
_____________________________________________________
Silver mark and title
The objects are made of 800 silver, Diana in flower mark one off the standard of Austro-Hungarian silver.
Arguments: Diana in flower mark was used during the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1890 until the end of the empire in 1919 and was used for 800 purity silver, in fact the pieces were tested with a spectrograph, resulting in 800 purity
the shape of the vessels and the base on the pedestal, spiral handles
repetitive decorative band with rosettes
central monogram specific to pieces ordered for domestic use or as a family gift
This type of object frequently appears in tea or coffee services from the Belle Époque period.
________________________________________
Style
Eclectic style of neoclassical inspiration / Louis XVI reinterpreted
Characteristics:
repetitive decor with rosettes and plant motifs, balanced proportions and symmetry
volute handles, central cartouche intended for the owner's monogram
This type of ornament is typical is borrowed from luxury French silverware style intended for the urban bourgeoisie of the second half of the 18th century.
________________________________________
Function
The pieces were part of a tea or coffee service, used in the social ritual of serving hot drinks, very popular in aristocratic and bourgeois European environments. These pieces can only enrich the beauty of your coffee table and can be kept in sight at all times, being used as containers for any purpose (fragrant chips)
________________________________________
Artistic and historical value, but also the material value of silver
The set illustrates:
the high technical level of Austro-Hungarian Empire silverware of the Belle Époque
the custom of personalizing objects by monogramming
the importance of tea services in European social culture.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Gross weight
500 g
Specific region of origin
Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1890
Title additional information
Tea/coffee service set (c
Number of objects
2
Country of origin
Austria
Material
Silver
Style
Antique
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
18 cm
Width
7 cm
Depth
6 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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