Description

German Kayserzinn pewter wine/water pitcher or jug with Art Nouveau style low relief iris decoration centered by a Devils head under the spout and a handle designed as a vine branch. Note In 1890 Engelbert Kayser decided to lead the factory in order to abolish the distinction and unite the productions. There were two main artists and designers who worked with Engelbert: Hugo Leven and Karl Geyer. The collaboration between Engelbert, Leven and Geyer led to the development of the first collections and services until 1901. This is the period of floral decorations in relief made by Leven. In 1900, during the Paris worldwide exhibition, Engelbert Kayser received a gold medal as the main designer of Kayserzinn factory in Krefeld, whose production increased a lot because of this important praise. In this period Leven and Fauser began to use clay and plasticine and developed a new technique called “Daumendrückrelief”, by which the relief was less perceivable and decorations appeared nearly engraved, in bas-relief. From 1902, when Kayserzinn got a second worldwide praise, to 1904 more than 100 new models were invented and Karl Berghof presented innovative conic and cylindrical forms. In 1904 Kayserzinn received its last praise at the world exhibition in St. Louis (USA) but from this moment the production started to diminish and Leven and Fauser left their job at the atelier. Engelbert Kayser dead in Cologne in 1911, and the outbreak of the first world war, together with the increasing price of the rough tin caused the abandoned of the atelier. The rich war ministry tried to preserve the Krefeld factory but, with the passage of time all the molds of Art Nouveau were sold and in February 1930 began the bankruptcy of “J. P. Kayser Sohn AG Krefeld Fabrik”.

16.00" X 8.00" X 6.00"