Gleaming color on a silver and gilt ground to make any winter shrink up and fade at least for today. Jugendstil, Art Nouveau with a Norwegian spin. Living from 1865 to 1914, Gustav Gaudernack worked in both gold and glass.

Dåse. ca. 1905-1910.
Dåse. ca. 1905-1910. Gold plated silver with mirror and Cloisonné enamel. Image © Nasjonal Museet, Oslo. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/no/object/OK-1983-0084#
Libelleskålen. 1908.
Libelleskålen. 1908. Gilded silver filigree with mirror and plique-a-jour enamel. Image © Nasjonal Museet, Oslo. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/no/object/OK-08461#
Skje, Mokkaskje. 1905-1910.
Skje, Mokkaskje. 1905-1910. Gold plated silver with mirror and Champlevé enamel. Image © Nasjonal Museet, Oslo. In the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/no/object/NMK.2014.0427#
Sil, Tesil. 1901.
Sil, Tesil. 1901. Gold plated silver with Champlevé enamel. Image © Nasjonal Museet, Oslo. In the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/no/object/OK-1983-0075R

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