My WMF bon-bon dish – 1910

This delightful silver-plated bon-bon dish featuring a simple and elegant design was manufactured by WMF (1) in Germany in the early 1910’s. Being a Biedermeier style piece, it is decorated with garlands of laurel leaves and flowers. Behind it, there is an oil on canvas painting by Carlos Miranda.
(1) WMF (Wurttembergische Metalwaren Fabrik) was by [...]

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My art nouveau box with ginkgo leaves – 19th

Delicately art nouveau silvered pewter box with ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree) leaves and nuts, circa 1890.

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Art nouveau bronze box with blue enamel decorative on top and side. Item was purchased by Mr. Neal A. Prince, architect and interior designer, in Zagreb Yugoslavia.
Ginkgo biloba and Art Nouveau in Prague

Ginkgo biloba and Art Nouveau [...]

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