1920 KOCH & BERGFELD BREMEN  DECO GERMANY SILVER MOUNT CLARET JUG WINE DECANTER 

Art Deco was a reaction to the Art Nouveau movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, which featured an organic, sinuous aesthetic that emphasised geometric shapes in clean, angular, and symmetrical forms with clearly delineated colours. This style infuses simple decorative design into functional objects.

The name is a shortening of the phrase Arts Décoratifs, which was taken from Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes - an art exhibit held in Paris, France in 1925. The style itself had already been in practice in creating commercial and public buildings in Paris before the show, but it was this event that brought Art Deco to the attention of artists and aesthetes around the world.

Gottfried Koch (Bremen, 1804), after apprenticeship and journeyman activity in Hannover, opened in 1829 his workshop in Knochenhauerstraße 12, Bremen (Germany) moving to Obernstraße in 1836.
Probably his brother on law Ludwig Bergfeld collaborated since the beginning in the activity, but only in 1856 the partnership "Koch & Bergfeld" has been officially formalized.
Georg Daniel (1849-1853) and Gottfried (1853-1857), sons of Ludwig Bergfeld apprenticed to Gottfried Koch and Georg Daniel entered in the firm as partner in 1860. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the production of silverware had changed fundamentally: even larger objects were no longer produced on the basis of individual orders, but a range of goods was kept in stock and offered for sale on the base of sale catalogs.

In 1891 Gottfried Julius Bergfeld (nephew of the founder) entered in the firm and became partner in 1901.
WWI and the economic crisis of the 1920s marked a change in company policy with the abandonment of mass production and return to artisanal production. The work force was diminished from 450 in 1925 to 175 in 1932/1933. Author of the change was probably the young Ludwig Koch who entered in the business in 1928.
In 1934 the family Bergfeld retired from the business.

Deco original impressive sophisticated piece in excellent conditions , showing no denting cuts or repairs to the solid silver mounted top and  handle, the fine crystal body cut with symmetrical lines to the neck and diamond & fan to the bulbous bottom  no chips fissures cracks or dull areas and perfectly clan inside  no repairs of any kind , please noticed the  Turnier Belgard August 8. 1925  .,  inscription on top of the lid 10 7/8" by 5" 2.12 lbs. weight 

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