German Avant-Garde silver tea set by Paula Straus

German Avant-Garde silver tea set by Paula Straus, Circa 1926, comprising: (1) teapot; (1) coffee pot (1) sugar bowl and (1) creamer, each marked no. 13024 with maker's mark and .835 standard, with associated .800 silver tray, teapot: 4.5"h x 11.5"l, coffee pot: 7.25"h x 9.5"l, creamer: 3"h x 5"l, sugar: 2"h x 6.75"w, tray: 19.25"l, approx. 87 ozt. (total weight) - Literature: Eduard Reinacher, "Goldschmiedearbeiten von Paula Straus," Die Kunst, vol. 30, no. 10, 1928-1929, pp. 242-243 (for the service with ebony finials and handles) Torsten Bršhan and Thomas Berg, Avantgarde Design, 1880-1930, Cologne, 1994, p. 139 (for the service with ebony finials and handles and for a period image), Reinhard SŠnger, ed., Silber aus Heilbronn fŸr die Welt: Peter Bruckmann & Sšhne (1805-1973), Heilbronn, 2001, p.140 Bršhan-Museum, Metallkunst der Moderne, Berlin, 2001, p. 117 (for the coffee and tea pots with ivory finials) - Note: This model was also made with ebony finials and handles, and one such version was exhibited in 1927 at the Europa•sches Kunstgewerbe Fair in Leipzig. Other examples of this service are currently in the collections of the WŸrttembergisches Landesmuseum in Stuttgart and in the Bršhan-Museum in Berlin