Fine Art Nouveau Copper Serving Tray and Match Holder by German WMF Circa 1890

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Fine Art Nouveau Copper Serving Tray and Match Holder by German WMF Circa 1890:
$200.00

AFine Art Nouveau Jugendstil CopperServing Tray and Match Holder by the famous German firm WMF dated to 1890

A beautiful serving tray with match holder made by WMF. Decorated with Marabou and brass elements. Greatly executed and finely detailed

Stamped with WMF mark - running ostrich which was used by WMF between 1890 and 1910

The pieces arein a good antique condition

Size: tray - 14 inches long by7 1/2inches wide, match holder - 3 inches tall

WMF = WurtembergischeMetalwarenfabrik

In 1856 the metalware manufacturing firm known today as WMF was formed in Geislingen, a city in Germany. Daniel Stauband his new partners Friedrich and Louis Schweizer began the production of metal goods under the name Straub and Schweizer. At this time, Wurtemberg wasalready a major metalworking industrial area. By 1881 Daniel Straub had retired as director of the firm and was succeeded by Carl Haegele, formerly of A.Ritter & Co., in 1883 they employed over five hundred workers. In 1889 they purchased the firm of Klumpp & Co., whose specialty was the production of electrotype bronze statues and busts with copper-deposited coating. By 1900 WMF was a world leader in industrial metalwork production with shops and showrooms all over Europe. Their firm produced classic Biedermeier and Rococo styles and very popular Jugendstil / Art Nouveau designs and new twentieth-century German designs. In 1900 they employed 3500 workers and operated factories in several German and European cities.