alessi limited edition tea & coffee service by robert venturi. 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.
venturi is an architect, city planner, designer, writer and teacher. he was awarded the pritzer prize in 1991. his book "complexity and contradiction in architecture" (1966) is still considered as a keystone of architecture.
tea and coffee service include: coffee pot, milk jug, teapot, tray, and sugar bowl.
year of production 1983.
