Studio City, CA
Details
- Dimensions
- 5.75ʺW × 10.25ʺD × 0.75ʺH
- Styles
- Art Nouveau
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Pewter
- Silver
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Silver
- Condition Notes
- Very good original condition with light surface wear and spots of oxidation typical of antique pewter. Very good original condition with light surface wear and spots of oxidation typical of antique pewter. less
- Description
- An antique Kayserzinn footed vide-poche or visiting card tray in highly polished pewter from J. P. Kayser & Sohn AG … more An antique Kayserzinn footed vide-poche or visiting card tray in highly polished pewter from J. P. Kayser & Sohn AG of Krefeld, Germany, dating circa 1895. The tray has a warm and reflective silver glow and is decorated in relief with natural motifs and whiplash lines characteristic of the Jugendstil / Art Nouveau period. The ornament is whimsical, featuring a ducking with an open beak next to a dragonfly hovering over water with a large stylized water lily breaking though the water's surface. The tray has a ruffled edge, rests on four ball feet, and measures 10.25 in. Length x 5.75 in. Width (at widest). Very good original condition with light surface wear and spots of oxidation typical of antique pewter, marked Kayserzinn / 4019 inside of an oval on the base. The lower right upper surface is engraved "T. E. / 60 ar". Kayserzinn was the trademark name for the artistic lead-free metal alloy manufactured at the turn of the 20th century by J.P. Kayser & Sohn of Krefeld, Germany, The company hired artists and sculptors to design high-quality objects in the Art Nouveau and Jugendstil taste, marking them with model numbers beginning at 4000 in 1894-1895 and ending at 4999 in 1925. The firm was awarded gold medals from important international expositions in Paris (1900), Turin (1902), and St. Louis (1904). less
Studio City, CA
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