Skip to content
Go to Grisebach homepage

Lot

261

Emil Lettré

Hanau 1876 – 1954 Berlin

Six-part “Tafel-Besteck der Reichs-Hauptstadt“ – consisting of a meat fork, a dining knife and fork, a soup spoon and two demitasse spoons. 1928

Silver, cast; steel, cut. 16 cm / 22,5 cm / 24,3 cm / 22 cm / each 10,5 cm (6 ¼ in. / 8 ⅞ in. / 9 ⅝ in. / 8 ⅝ in. / each 4 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Emil Lettré. Six-part “Tafel-Besteck der Reichs-Hauptstadt“ – consisting of a meat fork, a dining knife and fork, a soup spoon and two demitasse spoons. 1928.

Estimate:

EUR 500

 

- 700

USD 589

 

- 824

Sold for:

1,062 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

Silver, cast; steel, cut. 16 cm / 22,5 cm / 24,3 cm / 22 cm / each 10,5 cm (6 ¼ in. / 8 ⅞ in. / 9 ⅝ in. / 8 ⅝ in. / each 4 ⅛ in.). Soup spoon, fork, demitasse spoons with the fineness mark: 925 and the master's mark: L in a circle / meat fork with the silver fineness mark: 925. Total weight: 284 g (without the knife).

Related literature: Die neue linie, vol. VIII, issue 4 (December 1936), p. 24 / Die neue linie, vol. XI, issue 4 (December 1939), p. 27 / Bettina Krogemann: Das Berliner Kronprinzensilber. Ein höfisches Prunkservice zwischen Historismus und Werkbund. Cologne, 1997, p. 110, ill. 96f..

Estate Emil Lettré

Emil Lettré: Gold und Silber. Profanes Geschirr. Gestern und heute. Potsdam, undated (1946), no page numbers, full-page illustration. Related literature: Die neue linie, vol. VIII, part 4 (December 1936), p. 24 / Die neue linie, vol. XI, part 4 (December 1939), p. 27 / Bettina Krogemann: Das Berliner Kronprinzensilber. Ein höfisches Prunkservice zwischen Historismus und Werkbund. Cologne, 1997, p. 110, ill.. 96f

More works from Emil Lettré