Designer: Lino Sabattini (1925 - 2016)

Item: Lemon Juicer aka Limonsqueezer

Manufactured by: Christofle

Country of origin: France

Year made: 1950

Materials: Silverpate over brass with teak handle 

Dimensions: 3” x 10” x 4 ¾” 

Condition: Excellent.  The pin that holds the wood handle in is missing, but the handle is securely attached and does not move.

References: Made in Italy: 45 Jahre Design in Silber, Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany, 1995; Enrico Marelli, Lino Sabattini: Imitations andCraftsmanship, Edizioni Metron, 1979.

Description:  An early Sabattini design executed while he served as the director of designs for Christofle between 1956 and 1963.  This design is related to the more famous handled gravy boat he designed for Christofle.  This juicer has all the appropriate Christofle hallmarks as seen in the photos. In 1956 Gio Ponti presented Lino Sabattini's metal objects in the annual design publication Domus and organized an exhibition for Sabattini in Paris.  Sabattini then became director of design at the Christofle where he created metal ware household objects in abstracted and organic forms such as this.