Zilverfabriek Voorschoten

Description: a very beautiful cutlery set, consisting of six dessert forks, designed by Christina Ehrlich. Christa Ehrlich was a originally Austrian designer who from 1922 to 1925 pursued training 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 Silverware Companies (KNEB), who invited her to design modern silver tableware for the factory in Voorschoten. Her designs proved to be a great success and are still praised and regarded as exemplary of the so-called ‘constructive’ or ‘modernist’ style that was in fashion in the 1920s. She had a fondness for sparsely decorated products with clear, preferably geometric main forms. Christa Ehrlich remained with the silver factory until her retirement. Origin: Voorschoten, Netherlands Silversmith: Christina Ehrlich for Zilverfabriek Voorschoten Year: 1943 Hallmarks: mastermark, lion, Minerva, maker’s mark, year letter: I Condition: in good condition Weight: 241.8 grams Purity: 833/1000 Dimensions: approx. 17.5 x 1.8 cm. *Photos are part of the description. Auction number: A-14513 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. Indicate your preference to us via your Catawiki account.

Estimate:£418.21

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