Vintage German ORIVIT Pewter Platter Tray

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Vintage German ORIVIT Pewter Platter Tray:
$1300.00

Vintage German ORIVIT Pewter Platter. This great piece measures approximately 24 inches wide (including handles) by 10.5 inches tall. I have had this platter for years. It is marked \"ORIVIT\" on the back. I have never cleaned it. I understand that if it is properly cleaned it will shine like silver and does not tarnish as fast as silver. It could use a good polish/cleaning. Stand included. I am not an expert in this type of platter and have included information I researched online about the ORIVIT Company below. Please note that the items I sell are vintage or estate items and show normal vintage wear. View all the pictures carefully as the supersized pictures are an important part of the listing. I ship carefully and fast. Please see my other listings. Thanks for looking.PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PLACING YOUR offer OR PURCHASING
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We sincerely appreciate your Metalware production companyThe ORIVIT AG. was founded in 1894 as \"Rheinische Broncegieserei fur Kleinplastiken\" in Koln-Ehrenfeld (Germany) by Wilhelm Ferdinand Hubert Schmitz (1863-1939).
From 1896, they began the production of luxury items with the so called ORIVIT metal: 89,85% pewter; 7,9 % antimony; 1,9 % copper and 0,12 % silver. This ORIVIT metal was a richer and brighter pewter, that if well polished would look like silver with the advantage of a lesser cost of production and also a reduced oxidation of the metal compared to silver or silverplated items.
In 1901/02, ORIVIT built a new factory in K�ln- Braunfels and began to use the new revolutionary press \"the Huber �Presverfahren\".
Over the years, the Company has won several prizes: in Paris the gold medal at the world exhibition of 1900, in Dusseldorf the \" 1902 Industrial Design Exhibition\" and at the 1904 world exhibition in St Louis (USA) they won 2 Grand Prix prizes and 1 gold medal.
Nevertheless, in 1905 the Company was in a total financial collapse and the WMF \"Wurttembergische Metalwaren Fabrik\", another famous German metalware company, bought ORIVIT.
In 1906, ORIVIT AG aquired another German metalware company, ORION and more than 50 Orion designs many from Friedrich Adler, were to be used by ORIVIT. WMF produced items with the name ORIVIT until 1914.The designers of ORIVIT were:
Theo Blum
Georges Charles Couldray
Hermann Gradl(1883-1964)
Georg Grasegger
Johann Cristian Kroner (1838-1911)
Walter Scherf (1875-1909)
Victor Heinrich Seifert