SUPERB Antique Art Nouveau WMF Silver
Plated on Brass Tray
Liberty Style
Fine Art Nouveau
For your consideration this exquisite
example of Art Nouveau in the form of a tray.
Classic liberty styling. Beautiful
detail to the centre and edging of the tray. Stands on 4 ball feet.
There is an indistinct mark to the base
but it does have WMF supplementary marks (OX for oxidized and I/O for normal
thickness of gilding or silver plating). Please see photo.
A rare addition to any Art Nouveau
collection or a thoughtful gift.
Condition
In very good condition for the age of
the piece. Some wear to the silver plate and age related surface wear to
the silver. No dents or dints.
The photos can probably provide the
clearest representation of condition so please examine these carefully.
Dimensions
34 cm x 21.5 cm
If you have any questions please
contact me by either using my email address to your left or send me a message
through ebay.
Many thanks, Lisa.
WMF was originally
called Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer and was opened as a
metal repairing workshop. Through mergers and acquisitions, by 1900 they were
the world's largest producer and exporter of household metalware, mainly in the
Jugendstil, or Art Nouveau style, designed in the WMF Art Studio under Albert
Mayer, sculptor and designer, who was director from 1884 to 1914.
In 1880
after Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer merged with another German
company, it was renamed as the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik. WMF acquired
the Polish metalware factory Plewkiewicz in Warsaw in 1886, which
then became a subsidiary of WMF around 1900. During this period, the WMF
employed over 3500 people. In 1890 they acquired the Kunstanstalt für
Galvanoplastik München, which specialized in electrotyping and electroforming
of statues and statuettes for buildings, fountains, tombstones, and gardens;
this became the Abteilung für Galvanoplastik (Galvanoplastic
Division) of WMF. During the
1920s, Abteilung für Galvanoplastik was producing reproductions of
large-scale Italian Renaissance bronze works for an American clientele. Alvert
Weiblen Marble & Granite Co., Inc. of New Orleans pursued the acquisition
of a gilt copper reproduction of Ghiberti’s “Gates of Paradise”. In 1910, the
Reale Istituto di Belle Arti had granted WMF the exclusive right to take a sharp
cast of the original doors, from which WMF created a reproduction that was
exhibited at the International Building Trades Exhibition in Leipzig (1913). WMF produced a trilingual
catalog about the doors, titled Erztüre des Hauptportals am Baptisterium
in Florenz.
In 1900, WMF acquired Albert Köhler's famous Austrian metalwork
company AK & CIE, who produced and distributed WMF items under their
mark to the Austria-Hungarian market until about 1914. WMF purchased Orivit AG,
a company known for its Jugendstil pewter in 1905, followed a year later by the
purchase of the Orion Kunstgewerbliche Metallwarenfabrik, another German
metalware company. WMF continued to use the goods from the acquired companies
on their own markets, and conversely, they produced and distributed their
objects under their acquired companies brands.
In
1955, WMF started production of commercial coffee machines. These products were
designed for restaurants, military mess halls, cruise ships and other
commercial applications.
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