this is obviously a beautiful crafted item by any standard. it just so happens that it's one of the most expensive items that we offer here at unicahome. so our very own brook (my lovely sister), with her sultain of brunei-esque taste, would love to have an $80,000 coffee and tea service collecting dust in the center of her custom zannota table directly under her ingo maurer light fixture.
alessi limited edition tea & coffee service by richard meier. tea and coffee services is entirely hand-made from 925/1000 silver in a series of 99 examples. each example is stamped with the legal identification mark and hallmark as well as the officina alessi stamp, the artist's monogram, the year of production and the progressive serial number. the three craftsman proofs are stamped p. a. the tea & coffee piazza services have proved to be one of alessis shrewdest strategic moves.
among meier's most famous projects, are the getty center in los angeles, the high museum in atlanta; the museum of contemporary arts in barcelona and the atheneum in new harmony, indiana.
tea and coffee service includes: coffee pot, milk jug, teapot, tray, sugar bowl.
year of production: 1983
