This is a rare find for collectors! # 936 The 1909 Peter Behrens AEG Electric Teapot is a true antique that will make a great addition to any vintage collection. The nickel-plated brass teapot has a medium size and measures 9 inches in height and 6 inches in width. It features a beautiful design and is in very good condition, considering its age. The teapot was manufactured in Germany and has a vintage touch to it.
It comes from a time when electric appliances were considered a luxury item and was designed by Peter Behrens, a renowned German architect and designer. This teapot is perfect for tea lovers and collectors who appreciate the beauty of antiques. Don't miss the chance to add this very rare piece to your collection! Among the leading protagonists of the industrial design era, Peter Behrens was an artist, architect, and designer whose career encapsulated shifting tastes and styles at the turn of the twentieth-century. From his early Art Nouveau work, he became one of twelve founders of the influential Deutscher Werkbund association.
This tea kettle represents the group's preoccupation with mass production, particularly the introduction of factory-like aesthetics into domestic environments. Its lack of ornament, emphasis on form, and smooth, continuous surfaces mark recurring characteristics in later modernist design.