Paula Straus Art Deco Silver Cutlery 800, Bruckmann Heilbronn, Germany, Women's Silver

Paula Straus Art Deco Silver DisplayBruckmann Heilbronn Cutlery, Spoon, Cream Spoon, Large Presentation Spoon Display with Hammered Finish Design: Paula Straus approx. 1927 Execution: Peter Bruckmann und Söhne, Heilbronn, Germany 800 silver Dimensions: length 20.5 cm. Weight: 64g. -- 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters -- Marks: half-moon, crown, title mark 800, eagle Condition: very good, hammered decoration, women's silver PAULA STRAUS began her collaboration with the Peter Bruckmann company, Heilbronn, in 1925. As one of the first goldsmiths trained in Germany, between 1925 and 1933 she created more than 100 projects for Bruckmann, some of which were still produced by Bruckmann after 1945. In 1933 Paula Straus was dismissed and worked until 1934 for the Württembergische Metallwaren-Fabrik WMF, among others. She was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943. The goldsmith Paula Straus (1894-1943), born in Stuttgart, made a decisive contribution to the creation of the "Roaring Twenties" and the creative decades of the Bauhaus. Very early on, his hand-crafted jewelry and silver utensils were the subject of rave reviews in the trade press, and national and international exhibitions followed. Her entry into the design workshop of the Peter Bruckmann & Söhne silver products factory, Heilbronn, in 1925 marked the beginning of her unprecedented career as Germany's leading industrial designer. The silver utensils she created - coffee or tea sets - for artisanal production as well as for mechanical production are representative of her original style which is characterized by a purist formal language.