Apr 17, 2017
#Objectoftheday >> The angular forms of this tea set, currently on view in Modern Dutch Design, show the influence of international Art Deco, of which the Amsterdam School is often considered the Dutch branch. They were manufactured on the small island of Bangka, near Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies. The island, whose name comes from the Sanskrit word for tin, was home to more than 200 tin mines in the middle of the 19th century.
Image: Tea set, PTKFP Bangka Tin Werk (manufacturer), c. 1930, pewter.
