Hugo Leven Silver Plated Centrepiece Jardiniere Germany, circa 1890

24 piece Art Deco silver fish service Germany circa 1920. Karl Kaltenbach & Sohne. The service comprising 12 fish knives and 12 fish forks all of a plain tapering art deco simple rid...

WMF centrepiece with Art Nouveau floral decoration and the original clear glass liner and silver plate. The Dish on acanthus foliate supports, curvilinear handles, the body with ovol...

Russian silver basket circa 1940. Hammer & Sickle Mark 0.916 purity. Swing handle basket with Greek key design border, gilded interior. Height (handle up 4.25 inches, 2 inches exclud...

Rare Art Nouveau Aesthetic sterling tea strainer, probably American C.1890. Decorated with light vermeil floral leaf decoration surround to welle...

William Gale American sterling silver crumb scoop slice, circa 1860. Beautiful engine turned and foliate engraved with spiral stem to shaped handle. Monogr...

Art Nouveau pewter vase, Germany C.1895 by Kayserzinn. The slender tapered bulbous vase on circular base, the body with a surround of stylised ...

Art Nouveau silvered pewter floor vase by Hugo Leven, Germany 1900. An ornamental floor vase designed by Hugo Leven featuring a female figure among gingko leaves. The vase is made of silvered pewter. Hugo Leven studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule and then at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. For some time he worked in his father Louis Leven's studio, had numerous contacts with French artists who influenced him greatly, and quickly became known. Engelbert Kayser hired him as the first employee in his studio. From 1895 to 1904 Leven designed numerous models for Kayserzinn; his works had a lasting influence on the pewter foundry of Art Nouveau. He also worked for the Kreuter company in Hanau and other companies that produced metal, silver and stoneware, such as B. Koch & Bergfeld and WMF. From 1904 to 1909 he lived in Bremen. In 1906, Leven's works were on display at the third German arts and crafts...

Hugo Leven Kayserzinn Art Nouveau tray / dish, Germany, circa 1900.

Hugo Leven Kayserzinn Art Nouveau creamer, Germany, circa 1900.  

An elegant cut-crystal and silver plated centrepieceby La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat. Stamped to the underside with the Baccarat cachet. This large centrepiece is of oval form with a silver-plated basketweave frame with scrolled handles and centred to the front with courting doves. It is raised on foliate cast toupee feet and inset with a hob-nail cut crystal basin...

Pair of W.M.F. silver plate jardinière with glass. Jugendstil style. Germany, circa 1900.

1970s Italian Silver-Plated Metal Cup.