Some interesting Egyptian Revival items. Mostly by WMF, not all.

Centerpiece/fruit dish in silver plate with a carved and decorated crystal glass bowl. The bowl being carried by the wings of four winged sphinxes. ca. 1900. Art Nouveau/Egyptian Revival. German. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF), maker. Maker’s marks: stamp for WMF and I/O. Original patina and crystal glass bowl. This fruit dish figures in the catalog of WMG for the year 1913, item number 1004. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2022. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/centerpieces/antique-wmf-art-nouveau-centerpiece-silver-plated-crystal-glass-egyptian-revival/id-f_25032302/

Silver plate holloware tea set. Egyptian Revival with sphinx head handles, pharaoh mask bracket feet, and lotus blossom finials. Each piece with etched accents of wheat and grasses with a medallion shield for personalized engraving. Undated. American. Simpson Hall Miller and Company, maker. Maker’s marks: stamp for Simpson Hall Miller and Company treble plate on the underside. Image © 1995-2022 eBay Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/165277564235

Silver plate inkwell centered with the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor who was the goddess of love, dance, music, and fertility with an inkpot on either side that are surmounted by crescent moons and would have had glass liners which are missing. ca. 1900. German. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF), maker. Maker’s marks: stamped WMF, IO, and OX. Image ©1998-2022 trocadero.com. Fair use license. via https://www.trocadero.com/stores/periodpieces/items/1461915/Egyptian-Revival-Silver-Plate-Inkwell-WMF

Jugendstil Art Nouveau centerpieces made by German firm WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) that will pretty up any tea table. Silver plate and cut glass. WMF is still around but they make coffee machines for offices now.

Screenshot (127) — Plated pewter centerpiece with a circular cut glass bowl supported by foliate brackets above a figural maiden and lily stem spreading to a fish and lily pad decorated base. ca. 1890-1910. German. Plated pewter and cut glass. Possibly made by WMF. Image © Tooveys Antique and Fine Art Auctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/427248/an-art-nouveau-plated-pewter-centrepiece-bowl

Screenshot (129) — Silver plate centerpiece with floral decoration on acanthus foliate supports, the body with ovolo panel and festoon decoration. Curvilinear handles. Clear glass liner. ca. 1910. Silver plate and glass. Makers marks: Full marks for WMF on the foot. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/planters-cachepots-jardinieres/wmf-art-nouveau-flower-fruit-centrepiece-circa-1910/id-f_12608622/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhIP6BRCMARIsALu9LfnOcFJpVAj48Sgs9yBKKV5lunk-6OdnJrMee7TXRB3YwrcUPprxtbkaAg8qEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

WMF-Art-Nouveau-Centerpiece-219-a — Silver plate centerpiece with glass liner. 1904. German. WMF, maker. Image © Dorian Frank. Fair use license. via https://www.dorianfrank.com/product/wmf-art-nouveau-centerpiece-219/

Centros_Floreros_0001 — Silverplate centerpiece with supports in the motif of maidens. Silver plate and finely cut colored crystal glass. ca. 1900. German. WMF, maker. Image © Dorian Frank. Fair use license. via https://www.dorianfrank.com/product/wmf-art-nouveau-centerpiece-2/

Screenshot (130) — Silver plate centerpiece stand with a four footed curving base decorated with irises leading to a naturalistic column. Scalloped edge bowl with floral decoration. Whiplash handles. Cobalt crystal bowl. ca. 1900. German. Silver plate and cobalt crystal glass. Makers marks: marks for WMF on the underside. Image ©1998-2020 Cherubs Antiques Gallery. Fair use license via https://www.cherubantiquesgallery.com/items/1275848/WMF-Art-Nouveau-Centerpiece-Stand

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