Vintage John Prip for Reed & Barton "Denmark" Coffee Service - Set of 3

Description

Elegant Classic "Denmark" pattern by John Prip for Reed & Barton.
Mid century American Reed & Barton "Denmark" Coffee Service … more Elegant Classic "Denmark" pattern by John Prip for Reed & Barton.
Mid century American Reed & Barton "Denmark" Coffee Service in Scandinavian style.
Includes coffee pot, sugar bowl with lid, cream pitcher.
This service set is extremely well made, substantial and heavy.
Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of each piece as follow:
9.75" tall coffee pot: "Reed & Barton 1722 Denmark"
4.75" tall covered sugar: "Reed & Barton 1720 Denmark"
4 1/2" tall creamer: "Reed & Barton 1723 Denmark"
Dimension (Silverplate, Hollowware)
Designed by John Prip for REED & BARTON Circa 1958's.
literature: Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design, Stern, ppg. 248-249.
JOHN PRIP
John Prip (b. 1922) is a fourth generation metalsmith, born in New York and raised in Denmark. At the age of 15, he began his apprenticeship at his father’s silversmithing factory. At the age of 26, he immigrated back to America with his wife and son and began teaching at the School for American Craftsmen at Alfred University, New York. Later he taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and co-owned Shop One, a retail outlet for high quality handmade objects.

In 1957, Prip worked at the Reed and Barton Company, a hollowware and flatware company in Massachusetts, as an Artist in Residence. Some of his designs are still in production there today. The technical skill he acquired apprenticing in Denmark, along with the American qualities of innovation and experimentation have given Prip a unique and distinguished place in metalsmithing. He has taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and currently at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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