Art Nouveau Tray - Carl Sigmund Luber For Johann Von Schwarz, Nuremberg Between 1897 And 1906

Art Nouveau Tray
Enamelled ceramic and nickel silver
Carl Sigmund Luber for the Johann von Schwarz firm
Nuremberg, between 1897 and 1906
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L 42
D 30
H 3
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Very good general condition - scratches and traces of use A small shock at the top on the rim ----- The von Schwarz firm, founded in the 1820s, was initially active in stained glass and glass painting, then in the exploitation of steatite. With the arrival of Carl Sigmund Luber in 1897 as artistic director, the firm developed a new material based on steatite dust and kaolin, particularly hard and non-deformable. This new type of ceramic can receive very bright colors, deposited in the reserves created using a network of ceramic wires, in the manner of cloisonné. This flourishing industry would last a little less than ten years, until the departure of Carl Sigmund Luber in 1906. [Source: jugendstilforum]