Lot Essay
See La Maitrise des Galeries Lafayette Directeur Artistique Maurice Dufréne Hors Concours Toutes Classes Exposition des Arts Decoratifs de 1925, p. 5.
Details
A FRENCH SILVER-PLATED FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY
DESIGNED BY MAURICE DUFRENE, MAKER'S MARK OF ORFEVRERIE GALLIA, CIRCA 1925
Comprising: a coffee pot, tea pot, covered sugar bowl and cream jug, each faceted circular, the angular ebony handles with reeded and disk joins, the faceted domed covers with crescent-shaped ebony finials, the tray octagonal with stepped rim, the two ebony handles carved with flutes, marked under bases and on reverse of tray and with design numbers 5853 and 5854
coffee pot 7in. (17.8cm.) high, tray length over handles 20¼in. (51.3cm.) (5)
DESIGNED BY MAURICE DUFRENE, MAKER'S MARK OF ORFEVRERIE GALLIA, CIRCA 1925
Comprising: a coffee pot, tea pot, covered sugar bowl and cream jug, each faceted circular, the angular ebony handles with reeded and disk joins, the faceted domed covers with crescent-shaped ebony finials, the tray octagonal with stepped rim, the two ebony handles carved with flutes, marked under bases and on reverse of tray and with design numbers 5853 and 5854
coffee pot 7in. (17.8cm.) high, tray length over handles 20¼in. (51.3cm.) (5)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, March 19, 1994, lot 46.