Friedman EDUARD (active 1881-1919); V.Mayer's SÖHNE jewelry and merchant firm, Art Nouveau coffee set

consisting of a pitcher (H.18 cm, W.15 cm, D.11.2 cm), a creamer (H.16.3 cm, W.13.5 cm, D.11 cm) and a biconical, uncovered sugar bowl (H.8.4 cm, W.13.7 cm, D.11.5 cm) and a tray (H.2.2 cm, W.42.7 cm, D.21 cm)
sterling silver, hallmarked (hallmark of the assay office - Diana's head with letter A and sample 3 in clover, goldsmith's mark - jug in rectangle, V.MAYER'S SÖHNE - minted in depth); weight 1615 g.
Vienna, ca. 1900.
Vessels on a circular foot, pear-shaped, decorated on the body with a wide band of decoration with a floral motif on a pea-glazed background, with handles in the form of leafy branches; spouts of the jugs high up, short; top edges of the creamer and sugar bowl with semicircular indentations; hinged lid of the jug, slightly elevated, flattened, decorated similarly to the body, topped with a fruit. Rectangular tray, with smooth mirror and raised, openwork collar, decorated with flower motif; handles of creamer and jug with bone insulators.
Friedman's silverware factory enjoyed high recognition in many European countries. Its products were presented at numerous exhibitions. The best Austrian designers such as Hans Bolek , Philipp Hausler, Otto Prutscher worked for it.