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  Thomas Jekyll (attr.) Aesthetic Movement Iron Umbrella or Cane Stand c.1885

  THOMAS JEKYLL (attr.) (1827–1881)
  BRITISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT

  Umbrella stand  c. 1885

  Black nickelled and patinated cast and wrought iron,
  sunburst detail and decorative fretwork

  H: 25 1/4” x W: 13” x D: 9 1/2”
  Base W: 9 1/2”

  Although he was a successful architect, Jeckyll is best known today for his “epoch-making” designs in metalwork. His architectural practice routinely included the design of gates, railings, and metal fittings for domestic commissions and of coronas, candelabra, and altar rails for ecclesiastical ones. But it was his exhibition pieces for the ironworks firm of Barnard, Bishop & Barnards of Norwich that brought him his greatest renown. His “Norwich Gates” for the 1862 London International Exhibition set in motion the 19th-century wrought iron revival in Great Britain. Subsequent creations, including his “Four Seasons Gates,” exhibited in Paris in 1867 and Vienna in 1873, and his cast iron pavilion for the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, received substantial praise, in particular for their creative use of Asian principles and motifs. His innovative Anglo-Japanese designs for stoves, stove fronts, fenders, fire irons, and other domestic metalwork were also produced and sold in large numbers. As these designs were both artistic and affordable, they allowed the incorporation of objects of beauty into middle-class homes. He was one of the few figures in the design reform movement in Britain who managed to unite beauty and utility.

  A very intricately worked late Victorian or Aesthetic Movement wrought and cast iron tall stand for umbrellas or canes with delicately riveted cross hatch fretwork and curling details and handle motif along with an attached iron base with a sunburst design all in the original black nickel finish.

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  Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession “Schneckenreiter” c. 1910

  MICHAEL POWOLNY  (1871-1954)  Austria
  BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960)  Austria
  VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK  Vienna

  Schneckenreiter  c. 1910

  Glazed white earthenware hand-painted with black enamel

  Marks: conjoined WK (in a square), KG with flower (in a square), 81 (impressed)

  ***Extremely rare Powolny model in black and white.

  Model illustrated: Michael Powolny:  Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990), p. 50, illus. 20, cat. no. WV43;  Vienna 1900, Vienna, Scotland and the European Avant-Garde, Peter Vergo (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1983), p. 63, plate 19; “Austrian Architecture and Decoration,” The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 1911 (London: The Studio, 1911), p. 233.

  This model may also be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Inventory number 604, 1966).

  H: 7″ x W: 7 3/4″ x D: 4″

  Price: $10,500

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  European “Imperial lapis lazuli” ball necklace with fancy 18K gold links, marks, c. 1910

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  Bernhard Amster Austrian Silver “Winged Heart” Covered Box c.1910

  BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century)  Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH

  “Winged Heart” Covered Box  c. 1910

  Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
  Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)

  For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $5,750