A SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, 1920S

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EMILE LETTRE (1876-1954)
A Silver Flatware Service, 1920s
comprising: 12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
12 dinner spoons
12 salad forks
12 luncheon knives
12 luncheon forks
12 luncheon spoons
12 fish knives
12 fish forks
12 fruit knives
12 fruit forks
6 lobster forks
6 lobster knives
12 tea spoons
12 demi-tasse
16 serving pieces
in original metal box containing wood trays with silver-grey velvet lining
dinner knives: 9 in. (23 cm.) long; dinner forks: 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) long
almost every piece stamped L and with silver standard 925 (184)

Provenance

Gustaf Gründgens, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin.

Tradition has it that this flatware service once belonged to Gustaf Gründgens, one of Germany's most famous actors and directors of the 20th century. For a short time, Gründgens was married to Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika Mann. Among Gründgen's most well known films is Fritz Lang's 1931 movie The Murderers are Among Us.

Lot Essay

Exhibition catalogue, Emil Lettré Andreas Moritz, Cologne, Museum of Applied Art, December 1976 - February 1977, cat. no. 11, 13, ill. no. 9 for a plate decorated with the acanthus leaf motif seen on this flatware service.

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