"Gallia-christofle “como” Coffee Service"
EXCEPTIONAL AND ICONIC SILVER METAL TEA / COFFEE SERVICE BY CHRISTOFLE CIRCA 1960. “COMO” MODEL CREATED BY LINO SABATTINI IN 1957. IT INCLUDES 5 PIECES: 1 TRAY LONG: 49 CM WIDTH: 30.5 CM 1 TEAPOT 30.5 CM HIGH 13 CM 1 COFFEE POT 16.5 CM 21 CM 1 MILK POT 8.5 CM 12 CM 1 SUGAR BOWL 11.5 CM 9 CM ALL GRIPS AND HANDLES ARE COVERED IN RAFFIA. ALL PIECES HAVE THE GALLIA MARK AND MARKED PROD CHRISTOFLE. CHRISTOFLE LAUNCHED THE “FORMES NOUVELLES” COLLECTION IN 1957, AN AVANT-GARDE COLLECTION WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER CREATIONS BY GIO PONTI, TAPIO WIRKKALA AND LINO SABATTINI. LINO SABATTINI DESIGNS A LARGE PART OF THE COLLECTION, INCLUDING THE “COMO” SERVICE, CERTAINLY THE MOST EMBLEMATIC CREATION OF THIS COLLECTION. SUPERB AND HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER SERVICE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, TINY SCATTERED SCRATCHES ON THE TRAY AND ON THE COFFEE MAKER, DUE TO ITS AGE AND USE.