Description & Technical information

4.1. 150-PIECE SET OF SILVER CUTLERY IN A CANTEEN

from the "2000" cutlery design series

Designed by: Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1901

Executed by: Clarfeld & Springmeyer, Hemer in Westphalia

Some of the silver replated, old iron blades replaced with
new stainless steel blades, excellent condition

Canteen: H 30.5 cm, W 51.5 cm, T 42 cm

Knife 25 cm

12 tablespoons, forks and knives, 24 dessert spoons and forks, 12 dessert knives, 12 knife rests, 12 coffee spoons, 12 teaspoons, 12 long-drink spoons, 6 serving pieces: soup ladle, 2 gravy ladles, 2 vegetable serving spoons and 1 rice serving spoon

24-PIECE SET OF CUTLERY for 8 persons, 62

additional pieces

8 tablespoons, forks and knives, 6 knife rests, 14 coffee spoons, 6 fruit knives and forks, 10 dessert knives and forks, 2 cake servers, cake knife, pâté server, ice-cream sickle, sugar tongs, sausage fork, 2 soup ladles, potato spoon

Date:  1901
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Austria
Medium: Gilt, Alpacca silver-plated
Signature: 

Marked: artist's signet as part of the
décor on every piece, company mark for Clarfeld & Springmeyer, 90 GRAMM

Dimensions: 30.5 x 51.5 x 42 cm (12 x 20¹/₄ x 16¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: 

Various private owners, Germany



Literature: 

Sänger,
Das deutsche Silber-Besteck, Stuttgart 1991, p. 176 f; A. May (ed.), Joseph M.
Olbrich, 1867 – 1908 Das Werk des Architekten, exhibition catalogue, Hessisches
Landesmuseum Darmstadt 1967, p. 152 ff


Categories: Silver