WMF Art Nouveau Vases circa 1900
W M F Pair of Art Nouveau Silver Plate Vases with 3 sides circa 1900. All 3 sides have stylised flowers flowing up. An original and a stunning pair of art nouveau original period vases from one of the best metal works factories of the period.
One vase has a Harp-Playing Maiden. The other vase has a raised young lady playing a flute.
Unfortunately the original glass liner is missing, which is quite common for these items, but otherwise in perfect condition.
MARKED ON THE BOTTOM ARE WMF B 1/0 ox.
Dimensions: approx 18cm height x 9.5cm base.
This price is for a pair of vases.
WMF
WMF was originally called Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer and was opened as a metal repairing workshop. Through mergers and acquisitions, by 1900 they were the world’s largest producer and exporter of household metalware, mainly in the Jugendstil, or Art Nouveau style, designed in the WMF Art Studio under Albert Mayer, sculptor and designer, who was director from 1884 to 1914.
