Live Auction 2492Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
HENRY VAN DE VELDE (163-1957)
Lot 230

HENRY VAN DE VELDE (163-1957)

A SILVER AND BOXWOOD TRAY, CIRCA 1905

Closed17 December 2011

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HENRY VAN DE VELDE (163-1957)
A Silver and Boxwood Tray, circa 1905
manufactured by Koch & Bergfeld, Bremen; distributed by Theodore Müller, Weimar
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high, 19½ in. (49 cm.) wide, 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) deep
hallmark of Theodore Müller, Weimar and 925M

Specialist note

cf. K.-J. Sembach and B. Schulte, Henry van de Velde: Ein europäischer Künstler seiner Zeit, Cologne, 1989, p. 298 for an example of this model. T. Föhl and A. Neumann, Henry van de Velde: Metallkunst, Leipzig, 2009, pp. 106-119 to reference the early production of van de Velde tea services, including trays of this model.