Lot No. 228


A five-piece silver coffee and tea service by Alexander Sturm, Vienna, as of May 1922


and separate sugar tongs consisting of: teapot with hinged cover, coffee pot with hinged cover, milk and water jug, sugar bowl, a large oval tray and separate sugar tongs; silver; handles and cover finials of the coffee pot and teapot made of carved ivory (finial of coffee slightly chipped at top); handles of the milk and water jug also made of carved ivory (slight chipping along the upper margin of the ivory); signs of age and wear; undersides marked with factory mark, 800, toucan silver purity hallmark and the numbers 88995, 88996, 89459, 89942 and 91179; sugar tongs not by Alexander Sturm, the latter marked with dog’s head (800) and indecipherable master’s mark; measurements: coffee pot, height 18.5 cm; teapot, height 15.0 cm; milk and water jug, height 16.3 cm; sugar bowl, height 6.2 cm; tray, length 43.6 cm, width 34.8 cm; sugar tongs, length 10.0 cm; total weight: 3,116.7 g. (MP) The present item is subject to conservation legislation (ASI).

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

11.12.2023 - 17:01

Realized price: **
EUR 3,640.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,500.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,500.-

A five-piece silver coffee and tea service by Alexander Sturm, Vienna, as of May 1922


and separate sugar tongs consisting of: teapot with hinged cover, coffee pot with hinged cover, milk and water jug, sugar bowl, a large oval tray and separate sugar tongs; silver; handles and cover finials of the coffee pot and teapot made of carved ivory (finial of coffee slightly chipped at top); handles of the milk and water jug also made of carved ivory (slight chipping along the upper margin of the ivory); signs of age and wear; undersides marked with factory mark, 800, toucan silver purity hallmark and the numbers 88995, 88996, 89459, 89942 and 91179; sugar tongs not by Alexander Sturm, the latter marked with dog’s head (800) and indecipherable master’s mark; measurements: coffee pot, height 18.5 cm; teapot, height 15.0 cm; milk and water jug, height 16.3 cm; sugar bowl, height 6.2 cm; tray, length 43.6 cm, width 34.8 cm; sugar tongs, length 10.0 cm; total weight: 3,116.7 g. (MP) The present item is subject to conservation legislation (ASI).

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 11.12.2023 - 17:01
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 05.12 - 11.12.2023


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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