Christa Ehrlich voor Zilverfabriek Voorschoten

Description: a handsome rice spoon, executed in the well-known model 1064 by Christa Ehrlich. Christa Ehrlich was originally an Austrian designer who from 1922 to 1925 trained at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule of Josef Hoffmann. For the important international exhibition Europäisches Kunstgewerbe in Leipzig (1927) she established the Austrian section there. There she met Carel Begeer (1883–1956), director of the Royal Dutch Edelmetaal Bedrijven (KNEB), who invited her to design modern silver objects for use at the Voorschoten factory. Her designs proved very successful and are still praised and regarded as exemplary of the so-called ‘constructive’ or ‘modernist’ style that was fashionable in the 1920s. She had a penchant for sparsely decorated products with clear, preferably geometric main shapes. Christa Ehrlich remained with the silver factory until her retirement. Origin: Voorschoten, Netherlands Silversmith: Zilverfabriek Voorschoten Year: 1933 Hallmarks: lion 2, Minerva, master mark, year letter: Y Condition: in good condition Weight: 98.4 grams Purity: 833/1000 Dimensions: approx. 23 x 7.5 cm *Photos are part of the description Auction number: A-15502 All our articles are sent by registered mail. You can also pick up the lot at one of our more than 100 offices in the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany. Please visit the website of Goudwisselkantoor (for NL and BE) Comptoir de l’Or (for BE) or Goldwechselhaus (for DE) for the nearest location. Please indicate your preference to us via your Catawiki account.

Estimate:£175.03

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