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Posted 7 months ago
Buick55
(39 items)
This is a Chrome & Bakalite Coffee Set w/ Tray with an Art Deco influence.
Has a very space age/rocket design. Wonderful angular lines.
Found it at an antique street sale last Summer in Oregon City, Oregon.
I've found chrome is hard to photgraph, but hope you can see the details that make this set so eye-catching.
Chrome is in very nice condition but the overall condition is not perfect, there is one of the 'bun' feet on the tray that is missing and the spout handle is broken.
We usually don't buy when there are condition problems like this, but we made an exception this time because we felt the design of this set was so stunning...and the price was so reasonable!
Coffee CollectiblesThere’s nothing like a good cup of coffee, except, perhaps, a good coffee c…
Art DecoArt Deco was an international design and art movement in the 1920s and ’30s…
very beautiful, ha ha i see you :) lol:) jk , very stunning set:)
Amazing! Any idea who made it? Hallmarks?
Oh yeah....sorry about that.
It's made by Manning Bowman & Co USA "M Means B Best" TM
hello Buick , i love your set , heres a link that ive posted a while on here that is also manning and bowman its art deco http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/66259-manning-bowman--meridenconn--usa
Thanks, Bellin68, for the link....very interesting. I knew nothing of this maker when I found this set, but it was obvious to us that this was quality made and had wonderful design elements. It was just one of those things that you can not pass up because you might never see one like it again.
We got to this street sale really early and this coffee set was just being set out at the first booth we came to. We knew if we didn't buy it right then and there, someone else would take it home.
Magnificent!!!