Yes, Art Deco is an abused term...but these panels seem to fit like artistic window frames. And a go-go monogram that could have suited a Swing Band. Standard 90 process with 30 grams per dozen. Do we have a pattern number available?
WMF Modell for Deco Forks
Re: WMF Modell for Deco Forks
Hello, pattern 2000, no name to the pattern, first listed in the internal "WMF Mitteilungen" in March 1930 (!) as new, which strikes me as odd, I would have dated this to the middle of the 1920ies. Maybe it took years from first idea to actual production. Regards, Bahner
Re: WMF Modell for Deco Forks
Many thanks, Bahner! Was thereafter able to find a citation in a listing indicating the original "Metallkunst" (Brohan-Museum Berlin Katalog 1990) as S.574-575. [I see in older threads that Metallkunst der Moderne/Modern Art of Metalwork (2001) dropped the flatware listings, to be issued separately later.] From what I could find of the production, Dinner Knives/Forks, Breakfast Knives/Forks, Larger spoon (Menuloffel), Smaller spoon (listed both as Kaffeeloffel and Teeloffel at about 13.5cm+), Dessert/Cake Fork (Kuchengabel), Two sizes/types of Ladel (Kelle/Sossenkelle), and a elongated two-tined skewering serving fork (Vorlegegabel). Nothing else came up. Would the set have been more extensive?
Re: WMF Modell for Deco Forks
Hello, have also seen fish eaters and a sugar tongue/tong so I believe this to be a full line pattern. Regards, Bahner