Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Tazza, R & W Sorley, London, 1901

An Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver Tazza designed by Kate Harris for W.G. Connell. The Tazza is of octagonal form, with a chased foliate decoration to the bowl, and sits on thr...

A George V sterling silver Arts & Crafts style bowl with London hallmarks, and by W. Bruford and Sons. The twin-handled bowl is of circular form, spot-hammered decoration, pierced bo...

An exquisite top-quality Edwardian sterling silver comport with an Art Nouveau design seen in the organically shaped supports from the base to the bowl. The bowl is beautifully pi...

This fabulous Georg Jensen sterling silver tazza features Jensen's iconic grape motif, a celebrated range of pieces which were inspired by the Art Nouveau aesthetic coupled with time the artist spent traveling in Italy. Georg Jensen was born in 1866 and trained as a sculptor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1892. Jensen began his artistic career in ceramics and started working with silver in 1904. He went on to establish his own smithy in Copenhagen and like many others working during the Art Nouveau period, was strongly influenced by natural forms and structure found in flowers and plants. As mentioned above, Jensen spent time in Italy shortly after the turn of the century and developed an appreciation for ancient Roman silver work. He was also struck by the work of more recent Italian artists and was particularly influenced by those pieces which drew upon classical mythology, such as Baroque painter Caravaggio's 'Bacchus'. Jensen combined these influences with emerging Art Nouveau organic motifs, leading him to utilize the malleable qualities of silver to create his renowned Grape Collection. This form of this silver tazza was initially designed by Jensen in 1918. The piece has a round pedestal foot which rises to a thick columnar stem reminiscent of the twisting trunk...