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PETER and OONAGH

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3 days ago

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RARE VINTAGE VEHYL SILVER PORCELAIN SILBER PORZELLAN CRUET SET

BEAUTIFUL TURQUOISE PORCELAIN HAS NO CHIPS OR CRACKS

FINE 1000/1000 SILVER OVERLAY HAS SOME MINOR LOSS, WHICH IS HARDLY NOTICEABLE AND IN OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN GOOD CONDITION. ALL FOUR ITEMS HAVE THE 1000/1000 STAMP - THE GERMAN STAMP FOR FINE SILVER - VEHYL WERE ONLY MANUFACTURER TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE DESIGN OF THEIR PIECES

TRAY HAS CLEAR FACTORY STAMPS, AS DOES LARGER POT, SALT AND PEPPER HAVE NO SPACE FOR ONE. RUBBER BUNGS ON SALT AND PEPPER ARE ORIGINAL, BUT NOT SURE HOW USEABLE. NOT CONVINCED THE PLASTIC SPOON IS ORIGINAL BUT FITS NICELY.

OVERALL SET IS 5 inches WIDE x 3 inches HIGH

Background
In 1928 Alfred Veyhl started to use simple glass and porcelain items (like vases and cups) produced by other companies and experiment with combinations of silver upon glass and porcelain, resulting in his first items which he sold to neighbours and friends. What started as a hobby soon proved successful. Following his sudden and early death, his son Manfred Veyhl, a silversmith, founded his own little manufacturing business in 1930, specializing in various combinations of porcelain and silver, re-decorating the pieces with different colours and carefully crafted silver overlays.
For years Veyhl created many pieces which even today instantly catch an eye - if one can find them, that is. Not only were many of his pieces destroyed during the war years, but taste changed and many items were simply thrown away especially during the 1970s. Today, items from Manfred Veyhl are rare collectibles, precious memories of an artist who had always disliked people that tried to push his work into a specific category.
Following the death of Manfred Veyhl all assets were in 1989 sold to the company of Deusch & Co. which did not intend to profit from this deal but wanted to secure the rights on a part of their own history as inventor of the silver overlay.

location

Coleraine, County Londonderry