Wilhelm Wagenfeld Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Wilhelm Wagenfeld Tea Set For Jenaer Glasswerke Circa 1930s - The set comprises of 2 saucers, 1 cup and 1 teapot - Designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld - Produced by Jenaer Glasswerke - German ~ 1930s - Cup measures 12cm wide - Saucers measures 16cm and 20cm wide - Teapot measures 29cm wide x 15cm x 15cm tall Wilhelm Wagenfeld Wilhelm Wagenfeld completed an apprenticeship at the design office of the Bremen silverware factory of Koch & Bergfeld during the First World War. In addition, he attended the local applied arts school from 1916 to 1919. Between 1919 and 1922, he received a scholarship to the State Design Academy of Hanau/Main and trained to become a silversmith. In 1923, he set up a workshop at the Barkenhoff in Worpswede with Bernhard Hoetger and Heinrich Vogeler. This is also the year that he began studying at the State Bauhaus in Weimar. During this time, Wagenfeld designed works such as his famous Bauhaus lamp in 1924. After the dissolution of the Bauhaus Weimar on 1 April 1925, he became a member of the German Werkbund and accepted the position of assistant to Richard Winkelmayer, the head of the metal workshop at the State Academy of Crafts and Architecture in Weimar. In 1928, he took over the direction of these metal workshops. He and many of the other teachers at the academy were fired in 1930 at the insistence of the NSDAP party, which was represented in the Thuringian Landtag. Starting in 1930, this was followed by freelance work and a commission from the Thuringian Economics Ministry to supervise independent glassblowers. In addition, he was asked to begin teaching at the State Art Academy Grunewaldstrasse in Berlin-Schöneberg in 1931 and began working as a freelance employee of the Jena Schott...

wonderful turmalin vase 'Felicitas' designed by Richard Lauke for Glasfabrik Weißwasser, produced in 1939

A set of lovely modernist Bauhaus "Max & Moritz salt and pepper twins“ shakers, original vintage from the 1950s. Designed by Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld, executed by WMF Württembergische...

This vintage "Max & Moritz" salt and pepper shaker set with a chromargan tray was designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF. The set exudes a classic and elegant feel, with its sleek des...

Elegant 'Turmalin' series by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF, blown and cold cut-glass vases, marked.

Beautiful "Max & Moritz" salt and pepper shakers from the 1950s. Designed by Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld, executed by WMF Germany. Made of glass and stainless steel. In very good conditi...

Beautiful Bauhaus design menage glass. Designed in the minimalist style of Wilhelm Wagenfeld. Made in the midcentury era (1970s) in Germany. Made by WMF G...

Set of Bahaus glass containers by Wilhelm Wagenfeld - Germany 1930s.

Wilhelm Wagenfeld original Bauhaus glass tee set all items signed / Stamped Schott Jena 1 no teapot with Lid 1 no tea strainer 1 no milk pot 1 no sugar po...

The original predecessor of WMF was established in 1853 in Germany and by 1900 was the largest household metalware manufacturer in the world. In the 1920s, the conglomerate started m...

Elegant WMF "Turmalin" series by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, blown and cold cut-glass vases, marked.

Classic, complete salt and pepper shaker set by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF, WV 505. The set includes two pressed glass shakers with perforated lids and a cromargan (stainless steel de...