Superb 10 Pieces Austro Hungarian Solid Silver Coffee Set – Vienna 1886-1922

Very rare 10 pieces solid silver (800/1000 and 900/1000) coffee set, bearing Austro-Hungarian Hallmarks for Vienna in use from 1886 to 1922. Maker FV.

It is composed by a coffee pot, a sugar bowl, a cream jug, 6 coffee cups and a salver,all pieces fully hallmarked.

All pieces bears the Diana head mark, and is marked ‘3’ for 800/1000 purity (apart the salver which has a silver finess of 900/1000). The city letter is ‘A’, for Vienna. It is also struck the maker’s mark of ‘FV’. There are ten pieces in the set; a coffee pot, a sugar bowl, a cream jug, six cups and a salver. All have a beaded rim to the top, and the major pieces have a similar pattern to the bottom as well.

The salver Bears the same marks but for the finess 900/1000 (exagonal punch and number "2" inside. The maker of the salver is Joseph Karl (Carl) Klinkosch, born in Vienna, in 1822. Hi retired in 1884 and the firm was managed by his sons Arthur (1884-1899) and Isidore (1884-1914). It has a very fine flat chased floral decoration.

All pieces in overall very good condition.

The lower spacer on the handle of the pot is chipped. Otherwise a very nice set.

Dimension and weight:

Coffee pot: 17 cm wide and 17.5 cm tall. Weight 456 g

Sugar: 14,5 cm wide and 7.3 cm tall. Weight 255 g

Cream jug: 11.5 cm wide and 7.2 cm tall. Weight 166 g

Coffee cups: 8,6 cm wide, 6 cm of section at the base and 4.5 cm tall. Total weight 315 g

Salver: 22.2 cm across and 1.7 cm tall. Weight 415 g.

Overall weight: 1607 g