Pitcher and Six Cocktail Cups | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 3000-5000 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-05-22
Location:
New York
Lot number: 34
Design
Elwood N. CornellManufacturer Middletown Silverware
Architonic id
4104554
Works by Middletown Silverware are extremely rare, and the designer of this set was unknown until this year. On January 24, 1928, Elwood Cornell filed for a patent on a teapot of the same design and on January 7, 1930, it was granted (U.S. Patent No. 74,863). The extremely progressive pattern seems inspired by the famed "Cubic" service by Erik Magnussen, as well as the work of Elsa Tennhardt.
Silver-plated metal all pieces stamped with the firm's silver-plate and patent pending marks (7) pitcher: 71/8 in. (18.1 cm) high
Illustrated:
Paola Antonelli, ed., Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, San Francisco, 1998, p. 162
Exhibited:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, November 20, 1998-February 23, 1999
Silver-plated metal all pieces stamped with the firm's silver-plate and patent pending marks (7) pitcher: 71/8 in. (18.1 cm) high
Illustrated:
Paola Antonelli, ed., Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, San Francisco, 1998, p. 162
Exhibited:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sitting on the Edge: Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, November 20, 1998-February 23, 1999
