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Towle Silversmiths
USA, 1951
sterling silver, composite 10¼ h × 7 w × 4 d in (26 × 18 × 10 cm)
USA, 1951
sterling silver, composite 10¼ h × 7 w × 4 d in (26 × 18 × 10 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $4,375
Service includes coffee pot, lidded sugar bowl, creamer with spoon and additional tray produced by Gorham Silver. Signed with touchmarks and impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of coffee pot 'Towle Sterling 350'.
literature: Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design, Stern, pg. 198 Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was, Eidelberg, ppg. 200-201 Decorative Art 1954-55: The Studio Year Book of Furnishing and Decoration, Holme and Frost, pg. 73