WMF COFFEE SET, c. 1903-1909

Art Nouveau coffee set

WMF (f. 1853)

circa 1903-1909

Silver-plated WMF coffee set

Marked “WMFM”, “AS”, “I/O”, “Running Ostrich” circumscribed in rhombus background with “WMF” and “G” inscriptions

Made in Geislingen, Germany, circa 1903-1909

Total 370g

Tray: W 27 x D 16,5 cm; 225g

Milk jug: H 11 x W 7,5 x D 7,5 cm; 70g

Sugar bowl: H 10 x W 5 x D 10 cm; 75g

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Three-piece coffee set, composed by a tray, milk jug and sugar bowl from the 1900s. Its “whiplash” motif, in the manner of Hermann Obrist’s 1895 design, is characteristic of the francophone Art Nouveau, differing from the germanophile Jugendstil