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“Coffeehouse” (25)

"Biedermeier Coffeehouse"

The sets are called so because they were made in and around the Biedermeier period, an era in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848.

202 02
Austria, "Biedermeier coffeehouse"
1st half 19th century
Boxwood + pear? K 7.5; p 4.1
Box/board 26.5×13.5×6.0 (closed)
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264 02
Austria, "Biedermeier coffeehouse"
1st half 19th century
Wood K 6.7; p 3.9
Box/board 26.7×13.1×6.0
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260 01
Austria, "Biedermeier coffeehouse"
1st half 19th century
Wood K 7.7; p 3.9
Box/board 26.7×26.7×7.3
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265 01
Austria, "Biedermeier coffeehouse"
1st half 19th century
Bone K 4.7; p 3.1
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256 01
Austria, "Biedermeier coffeehouse"
1st half 19th century
Wood K 12.3; p 7.2
Shaker box 22.4×18.2×12.4
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196 02
Austria, "Biedemeier coffeehouse"
1st half 19th century
Boxwood + pear? K 8.2; p 5.0
Box/board 29.3×14.5×5.8 (closed)
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153 02
Austria, Vienna, by Adolf Dreher, "Biedermeier coffeehouse"
Mid 19th century
Boxwood + pear? K 11.4; p 6.9
Box/board 39.5×39.5×3.9 (open)
Label inside board
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248 01
India, "Biedermeier coffeehouse" replica
2010
Boxwood + ebony K 14.0; p 7.3

 

"Coffeehouse" (wood)

These sets were made in central Europe from ca. mid 19th to mid 20th century. Large sets with reeded balls were typical in use in Vienna Coffeehouses till the 1960s, I believe.

546 01
Austria, "coffeehouse" compendium
ca. 1900
Wood K 6.1; p 2.9
Box 34.0×25.0×12.6
Board 23.7×13.1×3.1 (closed)
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279 03
Austria, Vienna, "coffeehouse"
ca. 1900
Boxwood? K 8.4; p 3.7
Box 22.1×11.1×7.6
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158 02
Czech, by Fidet, "coffeehouse"
ca. 1900-1910
Maple K 7.7; p 3.7
Box 18.7×13.7×5.1
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571 01
Switzerland, Davos, "coffeehouse"
1905
Boxwood K 6.4; p 3.2
Original box 17.3×12.4×6.1
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255 01
Austria, Vienna, "coffeehouse"
Early 20th century
Wood K 7.3; p 3.3
Could have been made in Borstendorf as well
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139 03
Austria, Vienna, "coffeehouse"
1st half 20th century
Maple K 7.4; p 3.5
Box 14.4×8.4×6.9
Could have been made in Borstendorf as well
Box most likely not original to set
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168 02
Germany, Oberlausitz, "coffeehouse"
ca. 1925
Maple K 6.6; p 3.0
Box 19.2×12.4×6.4
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436 01
Germany, Ore Mountains, maybe by Uhlig or Wittig, "coffeehouse"
ca. 1930
Wood K 9.9; p 4.7
Box 24.8×13.6×7.7
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259 02
Austria, Vienna, large "coffeehouse"
1932 (date in box)
Wood K 10.2; p 5.3
Original box/board 41.5×20.8×6.4
Actually I think the set is later than 1932
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410 02
Austria, Vienna, by Nekvasil, "coffeehouse"
Mid 20th century
Wood K 7.0; p 3.5
Likely this set is of a compendium
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"Coffeehouse" (plastic)

Plastic coffeehouse sets from early 20th century are hard to find.

508 01
Austria, "coffeehouse" compendium
Early 20th century
Galalith K 5.0; p 2.8
Box 32.7×23.7×13.0
Board 26.5×26.0
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276 01
Austria, "coffeehouse" compendium
Early 20th century
Galalith K 5.5; p 2.9
Box 37.5×21.3×11.9
Board 29.0×28.8×1.1
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258 01
Austria, "coffeehouse"
Early 20th century
Galalith K 5.8; p 3.0
Box 14.9×12.0×5.9
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354 01
Austria, "coffeehouse"
Early 20th century
Galalith K 2.8; p 1.4 (without pin)
Box/board 12.8×6.4×3.1 (closed)
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277 01
Austria, "coffeehouse"
Early 20th century
Galalith? K 5.8; p 2.9
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267 01
Austria, "coffeehouse"
Early 20th century
Galalith? K 4.3; p 2.6
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"Coffeehouse inspired" (glass)

261 01
Germany, "coffeehouse inspired"
ca. 1940
Glass K 5.1; p 2.7
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