Coffee Service, Ernest Sohn, Octagon Ivory & Gold, MCM, Coffee Pot / Percolator, Creamer, Sugar & 12 Mugs, Vintage

• Vintage Coffee Service for 12, (15 pieces), Mid Century Modern, Ernest Sohn Octagon, Elegant Entertaining, Coffee Pot / Electric Percolator, Creamer & Sugar and 12 Mugs, Holiday Entertaining, Coffee Set, MCM, Party Ware, Hostess Set, Retro Drinkware, Geometric, (Discontinued)
• Made in USA
• Vintage: 1958 - early 1960's
• Details:  Such a beautiful and elegant coffee set!  It's a sought-after collectible too!  This is the "Octagon" design, with a gorgeous metal pinecone finial on the lids, part of the Ernest Sohn amazing collection of tableware and servingware. The graduated octagonal shape was inspired by George I era coffee pots of three centuries ago. This is a very hard to find set, especially with so many mugs, absolutely perfect for holiday entertaining and all your get-togethers. The set includes: Coffee Pot/Percolator (in working condition, cord included), Sugar with Lid, Creamer and 12 mugs.  That's 15 pieces, not counting the lids and cord, all in absolutely wonderful condition.  The bottom is embossed with the Ernest Sohn Creations logo, (a large embossed "S"), and stamped "Made in USA".  Ernest Sohn was an extraordinary designer, see brief history of the man and his business below. A highly collectible pattern and a must for any Minimalist, MCM collector or Ernest Sohn collector.  This set is very heavy, will most likely ship in two boxes, shipping will be high, please keep this in mind at check-out. 
• Materials: Vitrified China
• Dimensions:  Electric Percolator: 15.25 inches Tall (incl Lid and Finial). 8 cups or 64oz. Creamer: 3.5 inches Tall, 3.75 inches Tall at Handle), Holds 12 oz. to the very top.  Sugar: 5.5 inches Tall (incl Lid and Finial), 2.5 (Without Lid), 4.0 inches Wide.  Mugs: 5.5 inches Tall, 3 inches Wide, Holds 12 oz. to the very top.
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Very Good Vintage Condition.  The gold on the percolator finial has worn, we are guessing it's from the heat of use. Percolator works great.  The gold on the sugar finial is slightly worn on one spot.  A few mugs are showing slight signs of use.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are VINTAGE and ANTIQUE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show scratches, wear and tear and imperfections. 

Ernest Sohn Creations was founded in 1951 in New York by Ernest Sohn, a German immigrant who fled to the USA during the Nazi invasion of Germany in 1936 and settled in NY.  While working at Weil-Freeman, a giftware importer in NY, he designed a few pieces which Weil-Freeman purchased.  Ernest decided to become a freelance designer and in October of 1938 he created a line for Ebeling and Reuss which gave him credibility as a designer.  After WWII he returned to New York to work for the gift house, Rubel and Company, as designer and production manager.  There, he was exposed to different materials such as glass, ceramics, metalwork, wood, and plastics.  In June 1951 Ernest left Rubel to open his own business, he opened a large showroom on Fifth Avenue and never looked back. He partnered with several, well known, companies to produce his designs, names like:  Hall China, Red Wing Pottery, Glidden and others.  Another smart move was partnering with Jack Orenstein, a well known and experienced salesman, who became the exclusive representative for Ernest Sohn Creations.  In 1967 several changes happened, both Ernest Sohn Creations and  Jack Orenstein Associates merged with Liquidonics Industries of Westbury, New York .  That same year Etco Industries, Inc. became the successor to Jack Orenstein Associates. In 1970 another merger, this time Etco Industries became a division of Baltimore-based American Trading and Production Corporation.  Due to all these changes, Sohn had less control of the company and was not able to experiment as he once did, he lost interest in the business and retired in 1978.  After his retirement, American Trading and Production Corporation used the Ernest Sohn Creations brand and continued to produce Sohn designs for several years after.  Several of Soh's designs received awards and have been included in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).  Ernest Sohn died in May 2006 at the age of 92.