Historical Design I Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

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Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

GUTTIEREZ VEGA (active 1930s) Bogotá, Columbia

Four-piece modernist coffee / tea set c. 1935

Radical form cone and triangular shaped four piece sterling silver with bold design exotic handles.

Marks: T.A.N. Sterling (Maker’s mark), serial number F925

Coffee pot     H: 5″       x L: 10 1/2″
Teapot          H: 4 3/8″ x L: 10 1/2″
Creamer             H: 3″       x L: 8″
Sugar bowl    H: 4 1/2″ x L: 7 3/4″

In the 1930s, Colombia began to embrace modern and Art Deco architecture. The new Liberal Party government tore down many older buildings to reject the conservative past. In their place, it constructed modern buildings with an international flavor and interiors and decorative arts were designed to complement these newly stylized buildings.

Category: Archive. Tags: Art Deco, c.1935, Coffee, Guttierez Vega, Modernist, Set, South American, Sterling, Tea.

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Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

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Gisela Falke von Lilienstein / Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik Vienna Secession covered box c. 1902

GISELA VON FALKE (b. 1874) Austria
SCHOOL OF KOLO MOSER Austria
BERNDORFER METALLWARENFABRIK Berndorf, Austria
E. BAKALOWITS & SÖHNE Vienna, Austria [retailer]

Covered box c. 1902

Silver plate mounts and cover, blown “meteor” glass.

Marks: BEPWF 1481, maker’s touch marks

For more information on Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991), p. 221; Metallkunst, Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Karl H. Bröhan (Berlin: Bröhan Museum, 1990) pp. 20-44.

H: 7″ x W: 8″

Price: $9,000

Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

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