Rare Signed Kayserzinn Pewter Art Nouveau Jugendstil Figure Hermann Fauser c1900

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Rare Signed Kayserzinn Pewter Art Nouveau Jugendstil Figure Hermann Fauser c1900:
$599.90

This is a rare antique work of art by Hermann Fauser who designed this for Kayserzinn. It\'s a lovely art nouveau style piece that shows a beautiful woman who has been described as a Dutch Princess. This piece is pewter and I believe that it was used as a jewelry or trinket/pin tray. From the research that I have done, it appears that Hermann Fauser only made 800 total pieces for Kayserzinn. It\'s a very rare and collectible piece to add to your collection! I didn\'t want to polish this piece, as it shows the age of this wonderful piece. It\'s got some normal signs of wear from usage and age, such as scuffs/scratches. No breaks or repairs. It measures 4 1/8\" wide by 7\" deep from front to back, by 8 1/4\" high.Some additional information I found on PewterBank:
\"In 1862 the Dusseldorf based Kayser family, already in the tin industry, opened a new
foundry in the Bockum district of Krefeld. The firm reached its maximum size in 1899 with
a workforce of 400.
The Krefeld foundry run by Jean Kayser was devoted to mass production, whereby the
designs originated from the Cologne studio of Englebert Kayser.
At the world exhibitions in Paris (1900), Turin (1902), Dusseldorf and St.Louis (1904), the
company enjoyed great success with its \"Kayserzinn\" or \"Kayser pewter\", a special lead-
free alloy of tin and silver distinguished by its lasting gleam - success which it owed to its
outstanding designers: Karl Geyer (1858-1912), Hermann Fauser(1874-1947), Karl
Berghof(1881-1967) and others, but their main designer and artistic director was Hugo
LEVEN (1874-1956), a name to be compared with that of Liberty\'s main pewter designer,
Archibald KNOX.
The decors they designed were inspired by both floral French Art Nouveau and by linear
Jugendstil.
It was the Kayser company\'s aim, through its use of the methods of mass production, to
make artistically designed, contemporary Jugenstil objects of daily use (such as
candlesticks, ashtrays, lamps, beakers, vases, tea and coffee sets) accessible to a broad
selection of the public.
The artistic significance of Kayserzinn died with the death of Engelbert Kayser in 1911.
Kayserzinn objects in pewter are numbered from the (fictitious) number \"4000\" onwards
and marked with the word \"Kayserzinn\". All objects were marked this way, either in a
circular or oval frame, or horizontally. The model number \"4000\" was introduced in 1894-5
and the last, number \"4999\" was produced in 1925.\"Thanks!