Bauhaus Complete Tea & Coffee Set by Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Coffee & tea lovers - check it out! This is so beautiful and so chic, you won't want to drink from anything else ever.  Consisting of 12 tea cups, 12 coffee cups, 24 saucers, 12 side plates, a Sintrax coffee percolator (!), and the original teapot (which is part of the MoMA design collection.) Designed between 1924–31. Manufactured and marked by Jenaer Glas and Schott & Gen. 

Manufactured and marked at Jenaer Glas and Schott & Gen.  In 1918, the company begins producing household glass, all bearing the trade name Jenaer Glas.  In the 1930's the company's products were visibly influenced by the design concepts of Bauhaus, an important art movement. It brightest stars all put their stamp on Jenaer products. Perhaps the most famous of these is the teapot created by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. This item, arguably the most stylish teapot ever conceived, continues to be made today. I am so lucky to have this original piece of functional design! With the rise of Hitler and his Nationalist Party much of German industry was converted to military use. Jenaer Glas was no exception. The company's glass-making expertise was recruited to help in the war effort. And paid an enormous price for this. The factory was bombed heavily during the war.

Literature: Beate Manske, “Wilhelm Wagenfeld 1900–1990”, Hatte Cantz Verlag, 2000. And “Taglich in der hand”, Worpsweder Verlag, 1987.

Artist: Wilhelm Wagenfeld was an important German industrial designer and former student of the Bauhaus art school. He designed glass and metal works for the Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., the Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke in Weißwasser, Rosenthal, Braun, & WMF.