ANTIQUE,ART NOUVEAU, SILVER PLATE, COFFEE SET, IN ORIGINAL CANTEEN

STUNNING, ANTIQUE, ART NOUVEAU SILVER PLATE COFFEE SET, PLATE IS WORN IN PLACES SHOWING COPPER BLUSH, THERE ARE 12 SAUCERS AND 12 MATCHING CUP HOLDERS, 6 OF THE ORIGINAL CHINESE PORCELAIN CUPS REMAIN, ALL IN GOOD ORDER.THE SET IS IN THE ORIGINAL WOODEN CANTEEN LINED WITH PLUSH ROYAL BLUE VELVET, THE BOX HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS BUT CAN BE RESTORED, IT HAS A DECORATIVE METAL LATCH.

ART NOUVEAU.

FOR A BRIEF AND BRILLIANT PERIOD AT THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY - STARTING AROUND 1890, AND TAILING OFF BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE- ART NOUVEAU DOMINATED THE CULTURAL SCENE. EVERY THING FROM DOMESTIC FURNISHINGS AND DECORATIVE ART TO ARCHITECTURE AND ADVERTISING WAS CHARACTERISED BY ITS CURVILLNEAR ELEGANCE AND ORGANIC FORMS INSPIRED BY NATURE. EVEN TODAY, MORE THAN A CENTURY AFTER THE EMERGENCE OF ART NOUVEAU ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS CONTINUE TO BE INSPIRED BY THE FLORAL ELEMENTS, NATURAL FEATURES AND COLOURS OF THIS ENDURING STYLE.

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