Description
Silver, steel (original blades), handmade
Extremely rare cutlery set in original state, model „Secession“,
designed by Richard Riemerschmid for Vereinigte Werkstätten für
Kunst im Handwerk A.-G., Munich, executed by P. Bruckmann & Söhne,
Heilbronn.
Riemerschmid’s design was sensational modern at that time,
not marketable due to its modernity. Only a few services were made.
Since many decenniums this model was not to find in the art market.
The set comprises 9 pieces:
Fish knife
Fish fork
Menue knife
Menue fork
Menue spoon
Dessert knife
Dessert fork
Dessert spoon
Tea spoon
Marks
Impressed makers mark, crescent moon and crown 800,
RR (Richard Riemerschmid), VW (Vereinigte Werkstätten);
steel blades are marked RR and VW
Provenance
German art market
Public collections
Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen,
Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart
Literature
Reinhard W. Sänger, Das deutsche Silber-Besteck,
Biedermeier - Historismus - Jugendstil (1805 - 1918), Stuttgart 1991,
pag. 188 - 194; Bestecke des Jugendstils - Art Nouveau Knives, Forks
and Spoons, inventory catalogue of Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen,
pag. 51; Richard Riemerschmid, Vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund
- Werke und Dokumente, exhibition catalogue Münchner Stadtmuseum,
Munich 1982, pag. 294