Handsome WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil copper & brass egg coddler, c.1905

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Stylish WMF Jugendstil ‘egg coddler’, in copper and brass, with egg shaped copper body opening to reveal tinned liner with 6-egg holder, supported on brass tripod legs with leaf form terminals, a dish to the base with a small spirit warmer for the eggs above, the lid with a cast ‘cross’ decoration supporting a finely turned ebony knop.
Impressed ‘ostrich’ mark,

for Würtemburgische Metallwaren Fabrik ,

WMF

Circa 1905

28.5cm high

‘Jugendstil’ – literally ‘Youth Style’ – started in Austria/Germany immediately after Art Nouveau appears in France, borrowing heavily on that organic form but further enhancing it with more formal geometric elements.

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