A ninety-four piece flatware service, 'Van de Velde Model 2'

DESIGNED BY HENRY VAN DE VELDE FOR KOCH & BERGFELD, BREMEN, RETAILED BY THEODOR MLLER, WEIMAR, 1905

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A ninety-four piece flatware service, 'Van de Velde Model 2'
Designed by Henry Van de Velde for Koch & Bergfeld, Bremen, retailed by Theodor Mller, Weimar, 1905
Comprising:
12 Dinner Knives
12 Dinner Forks
12 Dinner Spoons
13 Dessert Knives
12 Dessert Forks
11 Ice Cream Spoons
6 Tea Spoons
6 Coffee Spoons
2 Serving Spoons
4 Salad Servers
1 Soup Ladle
1 Sauce Ladle
1 Lobster Fork
1 Butter Knife
9.1/8in. (20.5cm.) length of Dinner Knife
Stamped with artist's cypher and 800 standard mark, monogrammed and dated variously (94)

Lot Essay

Cf: Reinhard W. Sänger, Das Deutsche Silberbesteck 1805-1918, Stuttgart, 1991, p. 208, Cat. No. 98-119
See also: Klaus-Jrgen Sembach and Birgit Schulte, Henry van de Velde, Ein Europäischer Knstler seiner Zeit, Exhibition Catalogue, Hagen Museum, Cologne, 1992, p. 309
Ingeborg Becker, Henry van de Velde in Berlin, Bröhan-Museum Exhibition Catalogue, Berlin, 1993, pp. 102 and 103

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