ANTIQUE SET OF CARL DEFFNER SILVERPLATE ART NOUVEAU JUGENDSTIL TREE & BEE VASES For Sale

ANTIQUE SET OF 2 CARL DEFFNER SILVERPLATE ART NOUVEAU JUGENDSTIL TREE & BEE VASES
-- DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A MATCHINGSET 2 OF SILVERPLATE TREE & BEE VASES
-- THEY FEATURE AN HIGHLY TREE BARK TEXTURE EXTERIOR WITH 2 BRACH HANDLES AND A BUMBLEBEE CRAWLING UP THE BARK NEAR THE TOP
-- THESE VASES WERE MADE BYCARL DEFFNER OF ESSLINGEN, GERMANY. HE MADE DECORATIVE TABLEWARE, MUCH OF IT IN THE ART NOUVEAU STYLE, AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
-- JUGENDSTIL WAS AN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT, IN GERMANY AND EUROPE FROM ABOUT 1895 UNTIL ABOUT 1910. IT WAS THE GERMAN COUNTERPART OF ART NOUVEAU. THE MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT WERE REACTING AGAINST THE HISTORICISM AND NEO-CLASSICISM OF THE OFFICIAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE ACADEMIES. IT TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE ART JOURNAL JUGEND, FOUNDED BY THE GERMAN ARTIST GEORG HIRTH. IT WAS ESPECIALLY ACTIVE IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AND INTERIOR DECORATION
-- THEY SHOW THE HALLMARK "CED 13" ON THE BOTTOM
-- CONDITION: GOOD. THIS IS AN ANTIQUE ITEM AND IT HAS 1 SPLIT AND A SMALL CRACK IN THE TOP OF ONE VASE (LAST 2 PHOTOS) WITH FINE SCRATCHES, TARNISH AND SOME OVERALL WEAR ON BOTH AS SHOWN. PLEASE SEE ALL OF OUR DETAILED PHOTOS, THANK YOU!
--APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:-- 12-1/2" TALL-- 5-3/8" BOTTOM DIAMETER--LOC: J1--INV#:VASE-1919D
--OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DETAILED PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS TO HELP YOU BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, WE RESPOND TO QUESTIONS WITHIN 1 BUSINESS DAY AND TYPICALLY EARLIER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, PLEASE VISIT OUR store TO VIEW OUR OTHER ITEMS.

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