Lot 5402
GFM Erwin Rommel - A Silver Tea and Coffee Service Set
A US Lifetime Headgear Collection and other Imperial and WW II Collectibles | A106us | Live auction | 510 Lots
Hammer price € 45,000
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Five-piece, silver set by jeweler Ernst Menner Stuttgart, each stamped with manufacturer and silver content â935â, to include serving tray, tea pot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug. Handles and pot lids of dark wood in Art Deco style. Four fine linen napkins with bordered berry & branch motif, embroidered monogram âERâ at one corner. Brown wooden storage box with hinged lid, brass side handles and locking front, paper tag adhered near corner marked âErwin u. Lucie Rommelâ. Inside lined in light-brown cloth, bottom with cut-out depression for storage of individual items, top inside lid with depression and retention clips for tray storage, copper-brown artificial silk pillow protective cover for insertion between tray and pots, jeweler-marked tissue paper. Includes repair invoice dated 1. October 1935 from Ernst Menner Stuttgart to Oberstlt. Erwin Rommel, with Rommel signature of acceptance. Photocopy of 12/27/90 invoice of sale from U.S. antique dealer to consignor. Sizes, ca., napkins 65 x 67 cm, tray 50 x 39.5 cm, teapot 20 x 24 cm, coffee pot 26 x 19 cm, milk/creamer server 12 x 17 cm, sugar pot 13 x 13 cm, storage box 55 x 45 x 18 cm.Condition: II Questions about the lot?