Product Description
Czech Modernism Creamy white glazed earthenware vase c. 1920
CZECH MODERNISM
Vase c. 1920
Creamy white glazed earthenware
Marks: Made in Cecho-Slowakia
H:10″ x W:8″ x D: 6″
Price” $2,200
Czech Modernism Creamy white glazed earthenware vase c. 1920
EMIL HOYE (1875-1958) Bergen, Norway
MARIUS HAMMER (1847-1927) Norway
Four-quadrant sweets tray c. 1910
Handwrought silver with fluted border detail
Marks: MH (conjoined monogram of Marius Hammer), 800 (silver standard mark), 5294
For further information see: Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940 (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992), p. 218; Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York: Abrams, 1989) pp. 243, 255
H: 1 5/8” x 8 5/8” square
Enrico Serafini (1913-1968) was born in Florence, had a workshop in Piazza Santa Felicità in that city in 1947, and quickly established a successful business creating jewelry for many celebrities of that time, including John Steinbeck and Adlai Stevenson.