Sunbeam Chrome Art Deco Beverage Set made in 1934 and design by Michael McArdle

“Maxwelton Braes” Coffeemaster Service Set, 1934 Full 4-piece set. Chrome-plated metal, 13½ × 14½ inches overall. Michael William McArdle The sleek chrome-plated Maxwelton Braes Sunbeam Coffeemaster service set—with its black ribbed handles and wrapping of thin black lines—is a classic of 1930s Depression-era streamlined design. Comes with coffee cylinder, creamer, sugar cup and tray. The coffee server's cylindrical design was patented as "a pitcher" in 1934 by Michael W. McArdle (1874–1935), president of the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company. With the company since 1905, the Wisconsin-born lawyer worked in the company's sales and advertising departments before serving as general manager. He was named president in 1927. McArdle helped design many of the Sunbeam products, as well as the tools and processes used to manufacture them. It is said that he often brought the prototypes of Sunbeam products back to his hometown of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, to be tested by his sister-in-law, whom he credited with many subsequent improvements.