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Lot 1302
Continental Empire (3)-piece silver coffee service
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Description
19th c., possibly Austrian, silver (purity unknown), carved wood handles, comprising a coffee pot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each designed as an egg-shape vessel raised on a fully modeled eagle, the body repousse decorated with Neoclassical figures, each fully hallmarked around foot rim, illegible maker's initials, 12"h x 8"l x 5"w (coffee pot), approx. 47.4ozt
Condition
Good, surface oxidation, wear to wood finish, no dents observed **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.
Provenance
The Collection of Hester Diamond
Literature
Hester Diamond, the legendary New York art dealer and collector, was, along with Leo Castelli and Ileana Sonnebond, the most renowned and influential proponent of American Post War contemporary art. She amassed a singular collection of European and American Modernist art, only to sell it all in the 1980s and turn her focus to building perhaps the finest group of Great Masters works in private hands.
