Description
W M F Art Nouveau Silver Plate Vase with 3 sides 2 have stylised flower flowing up them the other one has a Harp-Playing Maiden circa 1900. Unfortunately missing its original glass liner,one of it flowers is missing the top petal and silver plate worn in places but still a stunning art nouveau original period vase from one of the best metal works factories of the period . With its flowing lines. MARKED ON THE BOTTOM ARE WMF B 1/0 ox. standing 7 inch tall 3 1/2 inch base. 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.
