Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
Diamond
12 person flatware set
sterling silver and stainless steel
100 pieces:
- 12 forks
- 12 dessert forks
- 12 table spoons
- 12 dessert spoons
- 12 coffee spoons
- 12 knives
- 12 dessert knives
- 2 serving spoons
- 2 openwork serving spoons
- 1 meat fork
- 1 large butter knife
- 1 cake server
- 1 cheese knife
- 1 ladle
- 1 sauce spoon
- 1 sugar spoon
- 2 olive forks
- 2 salt shakers
- 1 nut spoon
Production Reed & Barton, Newport, USA
Edited by Arthur Krupp, Milan, Italy
Engraved with "Barton/STERLING"
Model created in 1958
Bibliography:
- S. Bouilhet-Dumas, D. Forest and S. Licitra, Gio Ponti: archi-designer, Exh. Cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, p. 136
- W. P. Hood & Jewel Stern, 'The Diamond Pattern by Reed & Barton', Silver Magazine, May/June 2007, pp. 14-18, 20-22
