Description
Elegant sterling silver cigarette box. Cuboid body with strict, smooth, straight walls. Push-in lid. Cedar wood interior. After a design by F. A. Breuhaus, 1930. 925 mark, maker's mark. Weight approx. 230 g. H. 9 cm. 5.6 cm x 5.1 cm. The architect Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot (1883-1860) was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund from 1910 and a titular professor from 1928. In addition to his work as an architect in Germany and Switzerland, he also designed cutlery and cabinetry, some for well-known manufacturers such as WMF. An identical cigarette box can be found in the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Cologne. Cf. Krekel-Aalberse, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, p. 169, fig. 158. An elegant German Sterling silver cigarette box by F. A. Breuhaus de Groot (1883-1860) for the WMF. Standard mark 925, maker's mark. German. Geisslingen. WMF. 20th century.
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Elegant sterling silver cigarette box. Cuboid body with strict, smooth, straight walls. Push-in lid. Cedar wood interior. After a design by F. A. Breuhaus, 1930. 925 mark, maker's mark. Weight approx. 230 g. H. 9 cm. 5.6 cm x 5.1 cm. The architect Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot (1883-1860) was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund from 1910 and a titular professor from 1928. In addition to his work as an architect in Germany and Switzerland, he also designed cutlery and cabinetry, some for well-known manufacturers such as WMF. An identical cigarette box can be found in the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Cologne. Cf. Krekel-Aalberse, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, p. 169, fig. 158. An elegant German Sterling silver cigarette box by F. A. Breuhaus de Groot (1883-1860) for the WMF. Standard mark 925, maker's mark. German. Geisslingen. WMF. 20th century.
