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Vintage White Arzberg Coffee Set
Regular price
$150.00
Vintage White Arzberg Coffee Set 1957. The service was awarded a gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1957.
Description: Coffee-set; white glazed earthenware decorated comprising coffee-pot with lid, creamer, sugar bowl and lid, 4 cups, 4 saucers
Notes from the British Museum:
Factory of: Porzellanfabrik Arzberg
Production date 1957 (designed)
Europe: Germany: Bavaria (state): Oberfranken (region): Arzberg
Materials earthenware
Dimensions:
Diameter: 6.10 centimetres (lid)
Diameter: 7.70 centimetres (lid)
Diameter: 9.20 centimetres (cups)
Diameter: 15 centimetres (saucers)
Height: 24.30 centimetres (coffee-pot with lid)
Height: 20.40 centimetres (without lid)
Height: 5 centimetres (lid)
Height: 9.50 centimetres (creamer)
Height: 10 centimetres (sugar bowl with lid)
Height: 6.50 centimetres (sugar bowl without lid)
Height: 4 centimetres (lid)
Height: 5.80 centimetres (cups)
Inscriptions
- Inscription type: maker's mark
- Inscription position: base (all parts)
- Inscription content: Arzberg
- Inscription note: Printed underglaze green
Curator's comments: This coffee-set was known as model 2025. It was produced in plain white and a range of decorative styles; this style was known as 'Filigree', decoration number 9800. The service was awarded a gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1957.
References to and illustrations of this coffee-set can be found in the following publications: G. Lueg, 'Design im 20. Jahrhundert, Katalogue des Museums für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln', Colonge, 1989, no. 252, p. 193. C. Burschel, 'Heinrich Löffelhardt industrieformen der 1950er bis 1960er jahre aus porzellan und glas', Hauschild, Bremen, 2004, pp.50, 52, 55, 125, 283-288, 478, 518 and 585.