Description
Silver, handmade
l. 19 cm
Serving piece of the cutlery model I, van de Velde designed for the
court jeweller Theodor Müller in Weimar, executed by Koch & Bergfeld,
Bremen. A cutlery service of this model was donated to the Grand Duke
of Thuringia on the occasion of his wedding in April 1903.
Marks
Impressed crescent moon and crown marks 800
Provenance
Collection Dr. Gerhard Westermeier, Munich
Public collections
Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen,
Bröhan Museum Berlin, Musee d’Orsay Paris (similar pieces)
Literature
Henry van de Velde, Interior Design and Decorative Arts,
A catalogue raisonné in six volumes, Volume I: Works in Metal,
pag. 314, 1.3.1.35