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Joseph Maria Olbrich Jugendstil Darmstadt Cake server 1901
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908) Austria
Clarfeld & Springmeyer Hemer (Westfalen), Germany
Ludwig Ziech Vereinigter Silberbesteckfabrik Hamburg, Germany
Cake Server, 1901.
Silvered alpaca with JO (J. Olbrich) monogram and stylized linear motif .
Marks: A.B.S.Z. 60
Illustrated: Joseph M. Olbrich 1867-1908, Eckhart G. Franz, et al., exhib. cat. (Darmstadt: Mathildenhöhe, 1983), p. 346.
For other examples of this service see: Bestecke des Jugendstils: Art Nouveau Knives, Forks and Spoons, Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers and Reinhard W. Sänger (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2000), p. 100, illus. 104; Catalogue Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Klaus Wolbert et al. (Darmstadt: Institut Mathildenhöhe, n.d.), illustr. 306, p. 198; Das Deutsche Silber-Besteck 1805-1918: Biedermeier – Historismus – Jugendstil, Reinhard W. Sänger (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1991), pp. 176-180.
L: 10 5/8″ x W: 2 9/16″
Price: $3,750
Joseph Maria Olbrich Jugendstil Darmstadt Cake server 1901
JOSEF RIEDEL GLASWERKS Dolni Polubny, Bohemia
BAKALOWITS SÖHNE Vienna
Carafe c. 1900
Clear crystal engraved with a peacock feather (gilding)and inset with an applied colored-glass peacock eye
For more information see: Das Böhmische Glas 1700-1950, Band IV Jugendstil in Böhmen, Alena Adlerová, c.s. (Passau: Passauer Glasmuseum, 1995) pp. 202 – 210.
Carafe: H: 10 ½” D of base: 6 “
Price: $3,650