Lot 24: Rare and important teapot

Rare and important teapot

7 in. (17.8 cm) high, 9 1/8 in. (24 cm) diameter

New silver, ebony. Impressed with Fritz Schleifer's cipher.

1928.0

Klaus Weber, Die Metallwerstatt Am Bauhaus, exh. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 1992, illustrated p. 268; Rüdiger Joppien, Ein Bauhauskünstler in Hamburg-Naum Slutzky, exh. cat., Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1995, p. 38 a-b; Christopher Wilk, ed., Modernism Designing a New World, exh. cat., London, 2006, pp. 220-221 for an example in another metal finish

Naum Slutzky's teapot of 1928, one of his most famous, is also revered as one of the most important designs in metalwork of the 20th century. It is a physical manifestation of his approach to design, as well as a testament to his education and artistic s