This is a magnificent German WMF Art Nouveau Silver Plate Tea and Coffee Set with Tray, ca 1890. Five piece tea set ina perfecto condition considering age. Art Nouveau stylr with a rganic and geometric design featurin a Mythological Fish design on each piece. It’s one of the most beautiful silver plate tea and coffee services of the German factory. Every piece is in outstanding condition, including the tray with its wonderful octagonal shape. Each piece hallmarked with WMF silver company, the intials of the famous German foundry ” Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik”, most often simply called WMF. Measures: tray is 59,5 cm long by 33,5 cm wide, teapot is 22 cm high, coffeepot 26 cm high, milk jar is 12 cm high and covered sugar bowl 15,5 cm high. It was founded in the 1853 as a partnership between Daniel Straub and Josef and Friedrich Schweizer, and in 1892 developed a special technique for silver plating in which the silver coating is of double thickness in any parts that will be exposed to greater wear and tear. This patented process is called “Perfect Hard Silver Plating”. In 1910, under the art direction of Albert Mayer, WMF became famous for its Art Nouveau style and established companies for world wide exports in London, Warsaw and Vienna. We try to present the merchandise as accurately as possible. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Silverplate\Tea/Coffee Pots & Sets”. The seller is “brandsdeluxe” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Style: Art Nouveau
- Age: 1850-1899
- Pattern: Nouveau
- Composition: Silverplate
- Brand: WMF