WMF - WÜRTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK - ALBERT MAYER (186 - Lot 23

WMF - WÜRTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK - ALBERT MAYER (1867-1944) MODEL DESIGNER Evocation Peter Behrens, in the factory catalog in [1906]. Rare and important silver-plated tea and coffee service - consisting of two pourers, a milk jug, a sugar bowl and a large tray. Each piece with decorative title motifs; carved wooden handles. Four pieces marked with the WMF stamp on the reverse. L. tray: 60 cm - H. shaped pieces: 9 to 22 cm Public collections: Bröhan Museum, Berlin - An identical model (without the tray and with the sugar bowl lid missing) is preserved in this institution. Bibliography: Modern Art of Metalwork; Bröhan-Musuem, Berlin, new edition catalog IV, Mettalkunst - Éditions Bröhan Museum, Berlin, 2001. An identical model without the tray (and with the sugar bowl lid missing) is reproduced on page 355 (ill. 315).