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  Gisela Falke von Lilienstein / Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik Vienna Secession covered box c. 1902

  GISELA VON FALKE  (b. 1874) Austria
  SCHOOL OF KOLO MOSER Austria
  BERNDORFER METALLWARENFABRIK Berndorf, Austria
  E. BAKALOWITS & SÖHNE Vienna, Austria  [retailer]

  Covered box   c. 1902

  Silver plate mounts and cover, blown “meteor” glass.

  Marks:  BEPWF 1481, maker’s touch marks

  For more information on Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991), p. 221; Metallkunst, Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Karl H. Bröhan (Berlin: Bröhan Museum, 1990) pp. 20-44.

  H: 7″ x W: 8″

  Price: $9,000

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  Edward Spencer/Artificers’ Guild (attr.) British Arts & Crafts wrought iron candlesticks c. 1910

  Edward Spencer attr. (1872-1938) UK
  Artificer’s Guild  (1901-42)   UK

  Pair of candlesticks circa 1910.

  Handwrought iron with a squared central support terminating in a attenuated vine like wrap.

  H: 10 1/2″ x Dia: 5 1/2″

  The Artificers’ Guild Ltd was founded in 1901 by the metalwork and enameler Nelson Dawson (1859-1942). It was one of the few guilds inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement to enjoy real commercial success, and remained in operation until 1938. It was bought out in 1903 by the Birmingham entrepreneur Montague Fordham and established on a more commercial footing, producing domestic metalwork, church plate and furnishings, presentation plate and jewelry.

  Fordham promoted Edward Spencer (1873-1938), previously Dawson’s principal designer, to be Director of the Guild’s workshop in Hammersmith. The Guild also had a showroom originally located just off Regent Street. Spencer died in 1938, shortly after the firm was wound up. During its existence, the Guild operated as a substantial business, employing over 40 staff at its peak, including a large number of skilled craftsmen, many of whom would have been trained in the Guild’s workshop. Although unacknowledged for much of the 20th century, the Guild is now recognized as an important producer of high quality metalwork and jewelry during this period.

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  Marcel Kammerer / Thonet / Vienna Secession Pedestal c. 1905

  Marcel Kammerer (1878-1959) Austria
  Gebrüder Thonet Vienna

  Pedestal with four-ball shelf, circa 1905.

  Ebonized beech.

  Marks: Thonet (original paper label).

  For more information on Thonet see: Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture, Christopher Wilk introd. (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980) (reprint of the original 1904 catalogue); Casa Thonet, Storia dei mobili in legno curvato, Giovanna Massobrio, Paolo Portoghesi(Roma: Editori Laterza, 1980); Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, Ghenete Zelleke, Eva B. Ottilinger and Nina Stritzler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993).

  H: 46 3/4”
  D top: 12”
  D base: 13 1/2”
  Shelf: 9 3/4″ x 10”

  Price: $14,000

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  Scandinavian Art Nouveau “Wisteria” bronze photo frame c.1910

  SCANDINAVIAN ART NOUVEAU

  “Wisteria” bronze photo frame  c.1910

  Elaborately detailed, acid etched and multi-patinated bronze table top photo frame with gilt details of a cascade of wisteria blossoms, leaves and vines.

  Overall Frame: H: 12” x W: 7 ½”
  Oval photo window opening H: 5 ½” x W: 4”

  Price: $3,650