'SKYSCRAPER', A FOUR-PIECE ELECTRO-PLATED METAL COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE

LOUIS W. RICE, FOR BERNARD RICE'S SONS, INC., CIRCA 1928

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'SKYSCRAPER', A FOUR-PIECE ELECTRO-PLATED METAL COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE
Louis W. Rice, for Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc., circa 1928
comprising: coffee pot, teapot, sugar, and creamer
coffee pot 9in. (24.1cm.) high
each piece stamped SKYSCRAPER DES. PAT. PENDING APOLLO E.P.N.S. MADE BY BERNARD RICE'S SONS INC. 5259 beneath base, the sugar and creamer stamped 75387 PAT.D 75050 75698 (4)

Lot Essay

cf. Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, 1986, p. 85 for an illustration of a water pitcher in the Apollo 'skyscraper' design. See Charles L. Venable, Silver in America 1840-1940, 1994, p. 288, fig. 9.33 for an illustration of a similar 'skyscraper' pattern cocktail shaker. A matching tea and coffee service is illustrated in The Jewellers' Circular, May 31, 1928, p. 14 and Vogue, June 1, 1928, p. 116

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