{"id":10438,"date":"2021-04-19T19:25:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunsthaus-kende.de\/?p=10438"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:01:14","slug":"jugendstil-tablett-orivit-sterling-silber-koeln-um-1900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunsthaus-kende.de\/en\/jugendstil-tablett-orivit-sterling-silber-koeln-um-1900\/","title":{"rendered":"Orivit Art Nouveau sterling silver tray"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Item number: 57542<\/p>\n

A sterling silver tray #43,
\nCologne circa 1904 by Orivit<\/p>\n

The abstract, floral handles are subdivided by a triple bar, the flag is decorated with ornamental folding on the long side. Excellent, undamaged condition without monogram or other engravings.
\nElegant work of Art Nouveau in sterling silver, showing a clear proximity to the formal language of Henry van de Velde. Very good, undamaged condition.<\/p>\n

25.7 cm \/ 10.11\u2033 length, 16.3 cm \/ 6.41\u2033 wide; 268.7 g \/ 9.47 oz<\/p>\n

A tray of comparable pattern # 55 shown in: Annlies Krekel-Aalberse (ed.): Zilver Silver Silber 1880 \u2013 1940<\/em>, page 85 ill. 51.
\nSome other comparable works made in pewter, silver plate and solid silver by Orivit can be found in the possession of the Br\u00f6han Museum, Berlin. See: Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk (ed.): Metallkunst der Moderne (Bestandskataloge des Br\u00f6han-Museums VI)<\/span><\/em> [Metal art of the modern age (stock catalogues of the Br\u00f6han Museum VI)], Berlin 2001, p. 234-255.
\nA coffee and tea service on tray made by Orivit is also in the possession of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (see here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The rise and decline of the Orivit silverware factory<\/h4>\n

Orivit became famous in the late 19th century for its very sophisticated and decorative works in Art Nouveau style, which were mainly produced in pewter and Britannia silver and far less frequently in silver.
\nIn 1894, the entrepreneur Ferdinand Hubert Schmitz (1863 – 1939) took over the “Rheinische Bronce- und Metallwarenfabrik Johann Heinrich Welke” [The Rhenish Bronze and Metalware Factory Johann Heinrich Welke], from which ORIVIT AG emerged in 1898. Orivit’s works, which were of high aesthetic quality, were awarded a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 and were received with great enthusiasm by contemporary art critics, which in turn boosted the company’s foreign business. However, large-scale investments in technical innovations, which led to large rival companies such as WMF, Osiris and Kayserzinn seeing Orivit as a growing threat, led to economic difficulties for Orivit, so that the company became insolvent and was taken over by WMF in 1905. Although objects in silver were produced by Orivit in much smaller numbers anyway, production in silver ceased completely immediately after WMF took over.
\nThe special artistic feature of Orivit’s work is in the skilful combination of Belgian, French stylistic tendencies of Art Nouveau with those of German Jugendstil.<\/p>\n

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