Two Darmstadt Clarfeld Springmeyer (Hemer) eight piece electroplated metal cutlery settings...

Two Darmstadt Clarfeld Springmeyer (Hemer) eight piece electroplated metal cutlery settings designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich, comprising knife and fork, fish knife and fork, butter knife, two graduated spoons and a knife rest, each with cast entrelac (forming JO monogram) motif to the handle and CB monogram, stamped marks, 25.5cm. long (knife), (16)

Literature

British Museum, 2005 0102 for comparable items from the same service.

Joseph Maria Olbrich 1867-1908, Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, 1983 page 347 this design illustrated.

Joseph Maria Olbrich Die Zeichnungen in der Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, 1972, Gerb. Mann Verlag, page 306 plate 11978 for the original design of cutlery with the same handle design, illustrated.

Provenance

The Pursuit of Style : John Jesse at Kensington Church Street, Sotheby's London, 22nd February 2006, lot 88 (part).