A Vienna silver trompe l'oeil service - image-1
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Lot 396 Rα

A Vienna silver trompe l'oeil service

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 11:00 - Decorative Arts I (Silver)
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

A Vienna silver trompe l'oeil service

Comprising a mocca pot, six cups with fixed saucers, six coffee spoons, sugar bowl and tongs, and a large tray. The surfaces decorated to resemble coarse leather, the handles formed as cord wrapped branches. H of mocca pot 22.5; L of tray 49; W 38 cm, total weight 2,802 g.
Marks of Brüder Frank, ca. 1900.

The designs of the Brüder Frank soon became well-known outside of Austria and their unusual trompe l'oeil works were especially popular on the Russian market.