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Lot 1217 Dα

A silver coffee service designed by Helmut Griese

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.400 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)
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A silver coffee service designed by Helmut Griese

Comprising a coffee pot, sugar box and milk jug. Unique work. Waisted vessels with rounded handles and spherical finials. Includes two original design sketches on letter paper by the artist, initialled and dated 1999. H coffee pot 22.7 cm, total weight 1,300 g.
Erfurt, signed "H Griese", 1999.

Helmut Griese (1925 - 2009) completed his training and master's examination at Burg Giebichenstein art college in Halle an der Saale. His works can be found today in numerous international museums.

Provenance

Acquired from teh estate of the artist.

Literature

For more on Helmut Griese cf. cat. Duits Zilver na Bauhaus, Antwerp 2004, p. 64 ff.