RARE VINTAGE MID CENTURY SALVADOR TERAN TEA / COFFEE SET. HANDWROUGHT IN MEXICO AND SIGNED "HANDWROUGHT HECHO EN MEXICO SALVADOR 408". THE NUMBER 408 IS A DESIGN PATTERN REFERENCE USED BY TERAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOSAIC SET.

SALVADOR TERAN (C.1920–1974) WAS A RENOWNED MEXICAN DESIGNER AND METALSMITH FROM TAXCO. HE TRAINED WITH THE LEGENDARY SILVERSMITH WILLIAM SPRATLING AND LATER WORKED WITH HIS COUSINS LOS CASTILLO BEFORE OPENING HIS OWN WORKSHOP IN MEXICO CITY IN 1952. TERAN IS CELEBRATED INTERNATIONALLY FOR COMBINING TRADITIONAL MEXICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH MODERNIST DESIGN. HIS WORK OFTEN FEATURES GEOMETRIC FORMS, MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS, AND BOLD USE OF BRASS, MAKING EACH PIECE BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND SCULPTURAL.

THIS SET INCLUDES COFFEE POT, CREAMER, SUGAR BOWL WITH SPOON AND MATCHING MOSAIC TRAY. MOSAIC TILE IN GREEN AND BROWN CREATES A GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT DESIGN TYPICAL OF TERAN'S ICONIC STYLE.

THE SET DISPLAYS BEAUTIFULLY AND IS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. CONDITION IS CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE – LIDS ARE MISSING FROM POT AND SUGAR BOWL, ONE DENT TO POT, AND SURFACES SHOW TARNISH, OXIDATION AND PATINA. MOSAIC TILES ARE OVERALL INTACT WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR. PLEASE REFER TO PHOTOS FOR FULL DETAILS.

THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A SIGNED SALVADOR TERAN MOSAIC SET. HIS WORK IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY MID CENTURY MODERN COLLECTORS WORLDWIDE AND EXAMPLES SELDOM APPEAR ON THE MARKET.


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SALVADOR TERAN
MEXICO
HANDWROUGHT
SIGNED
408
MID CENTURY MODERN
VINTAGE
BRASS
MOSAIC
TEA SET
COFFEE SET
TRAY
CREAMER
SUGAR BOWL
SPOON
RETRO
MEXICAN DESIGN
COLLECTIBLE
RARE