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  Karl Berghof / Kayserzinn Extremely Rare German Jugendstil Art Nouveau Pewter Vase 1904

  KARL BERGHOF  Germany
  J. P. KAYSER SOHN  Krefeld, Germany

  Vase  1904

  Pewter squared vase with round flange top, open work details

  Marks: Kayserzinn 4541  7 (in a raised oval)

  Illustrated: Zinn des Jugendstils, Eckard Wagner (Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag, 1978), p. 63, cat. no. 148; J. P. Kayser Sohn Krefeld: Fabrik kunstgewerblicher Metallgegenstände, Musterbuch 1907 (Munich: Verlag Dry, 1982) p. 46.

  ***This is an extremely rare, other worldly Kayserzinn form.

  H: 7” x Top W: 4 ¾” x  Base: 4 x 4 square

   

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  Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette “Stripe” brooch, champleve enamel on gilt copper, signed c. 1905

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  WMF Jugendstil Art Nouveau Four Seasons Jewelry box c. 1900

  WMF  [Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik]  Germany

  “Four Seasons” Art Nouveau Jewelry box c. 1900

  Silver plate with Jugendstil design buttress handles and open work handle with a frieze of Art Nouveau maidens representing the four seasons, velvet lined with two original keys.

  Marks: WMF mark, I/O (in a box), E

  For more information see: WMF: Glas, Keramik, Metall, 1925-1950, Jörg Schwandt (Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliches Museum Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1981); Metallkunst, Band IV (Berlin: Brohan-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1981) pp. 546-579.

  H: 7 1/2″ x W: 17″ x D: 5 1/2″

  Price: $3,500