Walter von Nessen | Continental Coffee-Making Service

Title: Continental Coffee-Making Service

Designer: Walter von Nessen (American (born Germany), Berlin 1899–1943 Wiscasset, Maine)

Manufacturer: Chase Brass & Copper Company, Inc. (Waterbury, Connecticut)

Date: 1934

Medium: Chrome-plated copper, composition

9/4/19 - title updated to 'Continental Coffee-Making Service" as per Marilyn Friedman research

Dimensions: Coffee maker H. 9 5/8, W. 6-3/8, D. 3 7/8 inches (24.4 x 16.2 x 9.8 cm)
Sugar H. 3-7/8, Diam. 3 inches (9.8 x 7.6 cm)
Creamer H. 2-7/8, W. 5 1/8, D. 3 inches (7.3 x 13 x 7.6 cm)

Classification: Metalwork

Credit Line: John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2002

Accession Number: 2002.585.4a–d–.6

Marking: Stamped on base of coffee-maker: PAT.APPLIEDFOR/[centaur]/ CHASE/U.S.A.
Stamped of base of sugar bowl: [centaur]/CHASE/U.S.A.
Stamped on base of creamer: [centaur]/CHASE/U.S.A.

John C. Waddell, New York (by 2000–2002; his gift to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary American Industrial Art (13th Exhibition)," November 5, 1934–January 6, 1935, unnumbered cat. (p. 17).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 16, 2000–January 7, extended to February 4, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 89).

Newport Beach, Calif. Orange County Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 25–August 19, 2001, unnumbered cat.

Flint. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, unnumbered cat.

Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," January 11–April 7, 2002, unnumbered cat.

Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, unnumbered cat.

Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," August 23–November 17, 2002, unnumbered cat.

Douglas Eklund, Marilyn F. Friedman, and Randall R. Griffey in Making The Met, 1870–2020. Ed. Andrea Bayer with Laura D. Corey. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2020, pp. 168, 253.