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Lot 145 Dα

A Pforzheim silver mocca service

Auction 1102 - overview Cologne
16.11.2017, 11:00 - The Klaus J. Jacobs Collection
Estimate: 2.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.050 € (incl. premium)
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A Pforzheim silver mocca service

Interiors partially gilt. Comprising mocca pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, and tray. H pot 13 cm; L tray 31.5; W 25.5 cm, total weight 1,283 g.
Marks of Erwin Mürle, ca. 1930.

Erwin Mürle began his studies at the Kunst- und Werkschule Pforzheim in 1922. His teachers included Theodor Wende and Adolf Hildebrandt. He became a teacher himself in 1925, as assistant to Prof. Hildebrandt. He established his own workshop in Pforzheim in 1936, where he worked as an enameller, goldsmith, and painter until 1986.

Provenance

Auctioned by Sotheby's London, Bauhaus and Other Important 20th Century Avant-garde Design, 1st November 1996.