GG2018.11a-e

Unità di misura: UNR

metallo argentato

One of the most qualifying aspects of the autarkic period was the production of new materials, especially in the fields of construction, furniture and fashion. Among the metals was alpacca-an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel, known as German silver-used by the Milan branch of Krupp-Società Anonima Italiana Metalli for a series of tableware designed by Gio Ponti, or Metargent, the brand under which in the early 1930s the Milanese silversmith Arrigo Finzi began initialing objects related to the sports sector and with which he also marked his 1940-1941 Autarchy service. Metargent, a highly silver-plated, engraving-unalterable off-white metal, already used for sports cups that in the titles themselves recalled the linguistic repertoire and slogans of Fascist propaganda, thus became, in the midst of the autarky campaign, a material suitable for supporting the policy of economic self-sufficiency promoted by the regime. Metal tea set consisting of cup, teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl.