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Art Nouveau Silver and Glass Sweet Bowl

$145.00

I have always loved the designs associated with the Art Nouveau period, and this sweet little sweet (or nut) dish is no exception. Its silver pattern has all the hallmarks of being from this period with the organic, flowing and intricate lace work, highlighted by delightful floral motifs. It must have been the most glamourous of periods, such style with so much innovation, almost futuristic in its look. Creativity at its best.

This little bowl is silver has its original glass insert and I’m led to believe it was designed this way as it made it easier to clean. Bless. It goes without saying of course, this bowl may be over 120 years old but sweets are timeless. Can’t you just wait to fill it with the little sweet things you love?

I have always loved the designs associated with the Art Nouveau period, and this sweet little sweet (or nut) dish is no exception. Its silver pattern has all the hallmarks of being from this period with the organic, flowing and intricate lace work, highlighted by delightful floral motifs. It must have been the most glamourous of periods, such style with so much innovation, almost futuristic in its look. Creativity at its best.

This little bowl is silver has its original glass insert and I’m led to believe it was designed this way as it made it easier to clean. Bless. It goes without saying of course, this bowl may be over 120 years old but sweets are timeless. Can’t you just wait to fill it with the little sweet things you love?

  • Size: 10cm by 10cm
    Height: 6cms
    Age: Circa 1900s

    “It is stamped ‘Depose,’ a European design-registration mark used primarily in France but also Germany and Austria during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also carries a ‘900’ silver mark and several smaller hallmarks that are now too worn to read. Together, these markings place the design in the early 1900s and confirm a 90% silver alloy.”

  • For a sweet little sweet dish that is over 120 year old, the condition is not too bad.

    There are a couple of small chips in the glass insert, one on a corner that is internal so whilst you can see it, it does not overly impact the lines of the bowl. The other is a very small chip on the edge of one of the small arcs.

    The silver is overall excellent, however one of the silver joins, where two of the lines intersect, has a fine separation. Despite this, it is completely stable, structurally sound and only visible on close inspection.

  • Art Nouveau was so ahead of it’s time it will never go out of style.

    Use it as intended, as a sweet little sweet dish, but also don’t be afraid to use it to hold other items - nuts or dips on a cheese platter, butter on a formal dining table, even jewellery by the bedside. Don’t hold back your imagination, those who designed it didn’t so nor should you.