Christa Ehrlich voor Zilverfabriek Voorschoten...

Description: A rare Rice serving spoon / pudding serving spoon designed by Christa Ehrlich for Zilverfabriek Voorschoten. Christa Ehrlich was an originally Austrian designer who from 1922 to 1925 studied at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule of Josef Hoffmann. For the important international exhibition Europäisches Kunstgewerbe in Leipzig (1927) she established the Austrian section. There she met Carel Begeer (1883–1956), director of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Edelmetaal Bedrijven (KNEB), who invited her to design modern silver domestic articles for the Voorschoten factory. Her designs proved to be highly successful and are still praised and regarded as exemplary for the so-called ‘constructive’ or ‘modernist’ style that was in vogue in the 1920s. She had a fondness 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 Designer: Christa Ehrlich Year: 1944 Hallmarks: Lion 2, Minerva, master mark, designer’s mark Christa Ehrlich, J Condition: in good condition Weight: 97.8 grams Purity: 833/1000 Dimensions: 23 x 7.7 cm *Photos are part of the description Auction number: A-14517 All our items 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 check 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:£169.23

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