900 Austrian Enamel Match Case
900 Austrian Enamel Match Case
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, possibly Austria 900 Silver? Perhaps German 900 Silver?
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Englared Hallmark It looks like an "Se" inside a "C" or something?
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When the image of Adam & Eve is enlarged, you really get a sense of a high-quality enamel artist at work.
Is it possible that this is from Vienna, as I have read an article on the "Forgotten Viennese Enamel Workers of 1900" many of whom were incredibly skilled women who did not receive proper recognition for their artistic accomplishments?
If this were enlarged and hanging on a wall, can you imagine its beauty?
Is it possible that this is from Vienna, as I have read an article on the "Forgotten Viennese Enamel Workers of 1900" many of whom were incredibly skilled women who did not receive proper recognition for their artistic accomplishments?
If this were enlarged and hanging on a wall, can you imagine its beauty?
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This is my final theory, which will be considered completely absurd I am certain, but nevertheless I feel compelled to indite it.
There was an artist named Egon Schiele who made figures with elongated limbs and conjoined features and various deformations of the figural.
In 1907, Schiele met Gustav Klimt. Klimt introduced Schiele to the Wiener Werkstatte, a secessionist art studio which produced all kinds of art including silver items in the 900 standard. I have seen a few of these Wiener Werkstatte items, and they do have a distinctive WW hallmark. Klimt designed a few postcards for Wiener Werkstatte in 1910.
Wouldn't it theoretically be possible that Egon Schiele designed a piece of enamel on silver, such as this match case? Could it be that the red "S" in the corner and the hallmark of "Sc." or maybe "Se." inside the reverse "C" somehow signifies a design by Egon Schiele? I could be completely wrong here, and I often jump to absurd conclusions, so no doubt this is what is happening here. But couldn't it theoretically, somehow, be true?
After this post, I give up. I guess we will never know. But the enamel image does look like something Egon Schiele would have designed, at least you must agree that it is in the style of Schiele, if not directly influenced by the works of Schiele?
There was an artist named Egon Schiele who made figures with elongated limbs and conjoined features and various deformations of the figural.
In 1907, Schiele met Gustav Klimt. Klimt introduced Schiele to the Wiener Werkstatte, a secessionist art studio which produced all kinds of art including silver items in the 900 standard. I have seen a few of these Wiener Werkstatte items, and they do have a distinctive WW hallmark. Klimt designed a few postcards for Wiener Werkstatte in 1910.
Wouldn't it theoretically be possible that Egon Schiele designed a piece of enamel on silver, such as this match case? Could it be that the red "S" in the corner and the hallmark of "Sc." or maybe "Se." inside the reverse "C" somehow signifies a design by Egon Schiele? I could be completely wrong here, and I often jump to absurd conclusions, so no doubt this is what is happening here. But couldn't it theoretically, somehow, be true?
After this post, I give up. I guess we will never know. But the enamel image does look like something Egon Schiele would have designed, at least you must agree that it is in the style of Schiele, if not directly influenced by the works of Schiele?
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Hi,
Vienna silversmiths working for Wiener Werkstätte are well documented, as well as prominent Vienna secession artists’ monograms.
I think the mark on your match case is silversmith`s (maker`s mark). It could be German, too.
Hopefully, the mark will emerge, sooner or later.
Regards
Vienna silversmiths working for Wiener Werkstätte are well documented, as well as prominent Vienna secession artists’ monograms.
I think the mark on your match case is silversmith`s (maker`s mark). It could be German, too.
Hopefully, the mark will emerge, sooner or later.
Regards