Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière from Koch & Bergfeld, 1890s

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Elegant silver jardinière with a boat-shaped base standing on four downward-projecting feet with leaf decoration, wall with curved upper edge … Read more Elegant silver jardinière with a boat-shaped base standing on four downward-projecting feet with leaf decoration, wall with curved upper edge with surrounding vertical openwork slats, central oval panels on the front and back, crowned with bows, profiled surrounding bands as a border on the upper and lower edges of the vessel, small rosettes inserted on the sides, a leaf garland around the upper edge, and applied raised J-shaped handles with leaf onlays at the pointed ends of the navette. Matching glass insert with cut line decoration and large bottom star. Total dimensions: Height: 12,0 cm / 4.72 in Width: 40,0 cm / 15.74 in Depth: 17,0 cm / 6.69 in Hallmarks: Crescent + Crown - German official hallmark from 1888 800 - silver fineness Stemmed Glass - for Koch & Bergfeld Bremen, Germany Founded in 1856 by Gottfried Koch and his brother-in-law Ludwig Bergfeld, in the middle of the 19th century conversion from individual to mechanical series production with stock management, sales from catalogues, 1989 sale of the family business to Villeroy & Boch, outsourcing of departments and resale, cutlery department still exists as Koch & Bergfeld Besteckmanufaktur GmbH. 47338 - Model/order number Condition: very well maintained, silver cleaned and polished, glass undamaged This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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