Tea Set Coffee Service Silver Plate J L HERRMANN Vienna Austria Vintage

  

Rare 3 Piece Silverplate Tea Service by JL Herrmann consisting of a Teapot, Lidded Sugar and Creamer. Signed: Inside the Teapot lid is a circular cartouche telling the location of the J. Herrmann headquarters in Vienna (Karntnerstrasse 15) and its. Branches in Budapest (Waitznergasse 24) and Prague (Graben 28).

It is also fully hallmarked on the bottom of each piece and has a beautiful monogram... Teapot: 6 1/2" tall x 9" wide x 6 deep. Sugar: 4 1/2" tall (including lid) x 5 3/4" wide (including handles) x 4 deep.

Creamer: 3 1/4" tall x 5" wide (including handle) x 3 1/4 deep. In good condition with minor age related wear as expected. There are No dents, No scratches, No wear on any of the bodies.

There is a small area of minor roughness to the top edge of all 3 pieces. The lacquer coating is yellowing. All the hallmarking is clear and legible.

Further information from a member of the Association of Small Collectors of Antique Silver. Nikogosyan, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland -- ASCAS.

First, let me cite von Kerssenbrock-Krosigks and Kanowskis book, Modern Art of Metallwork: "By 1898, there were 230 factories and workshops for metalwork alone in Vienna, the capital city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire". However, after 1918, only three firms continued the silver plate production: Art. Klinkosch (already acquired by Berndorf) and Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops). I would like to present two little-known silver plate factories, which were active in Vienna at the end of the XIX - beginning of the XX centuries and disappeared after WWI: Moritz Hacker and J.

Without doubt, they both truly represent the Secession style, i. The Austro- Hungarian branch of Art Nouveau, in silver-plated holloware. The information on both firms is extremely scarce. According to Waltraud Neuwirths book, the Moritz Hacker foundry was founded in 1882. Besides these two facts, there is nothing else available both in the literature and the Internet.

However, the extravagant design and high quality of silver plate make these two Austrian firms very desirable for the collectors. The item "Tea Set Coffee Service Silver Plate J L HERRMANN Vienna Austria Vintage" is in sale since Thursday, November 1, 2018. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Silverplate\Tea/Coffee Pots & Sets". The seller is "uptownantiques" and is located in Saint Louis, Missouri. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Viet nam.

1. Age: Turn of the Century
2. Brand: JL HERRMANN
3. Style: Secession
4. Composition: Silverplate