Sold by Delta 98 Den Haag: a rare Jugendstil / art nouveau cutlery set, designed by Albert Mayer for WMF

 Art nouveau - Jugendstil flatware / cutlery

documented as 

WMF Modell Nr. 34 and known as: Würfelmuster / cube pattern design

a silver-plated fish service for 12 persons

designed circa 1907 in the WMF Entwurfsatelier - art studio

 

by Karl Albert Mayer (Germany, 1867-1944)

WMF: Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Geislingen

marked with a WMF-ostrich mark:

according to Dr. David N. Nikogosyan this set has been executed 

between 1909 and 1914 for the French market

and silver-plated products with this mark are very rare

further documentation:

Bestecke des Jugendstils, 

by Grotkamp Schepers Sänger, Stuttgart 2000, page 114 

and 

Metallkunst, vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939) 

Sammlung Karl H. Bröhan, Berlin, Band IV, pages 546, 552, 553 and 592

sold November 2024 by Delta 98 Den Haag