Sale 1162
New York
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10 December 2002
Price realised
USD 29,875
Estimate
A SILVER, VERMEIL AND IVORY COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE WITH SILVER-PLATED TRAY** Jean Després, 1954 comprising: a coffee pot, teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl; together with a silver-plated, vermeil and ivory tray and waste bowl coffee pot 9¾in. (24.7cm.) high; tray 25 x 14 7/8in. (63.5 x 37.8cm.) the coffee pot, tea pot, covered sugar bowl and creamer stamped with the firm's mark and the French poinçon, all pieces engraved J. Després gross weight 111.1oz. (3456 gr.) (6)
Provenance
Purchased directly from Després, Paris and described on bill of sale dated 1954
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cf. Melissa Gabardi, Jean Després, maestro orafo tra art déco e avanguardie, 1999, p. 167, fig. 298 for an illustration of a teapot and sugar bowl of this model.
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