Art Nouveau unmarked Brass Centerpiece

I have not found a comparable in 40 years of ownership.

It is unmarked. I think this breaks the guideline that all good stuff is marked.

overall is 11" high x 13" wide
bowl is 10" diameter
foot is 6.25" diameter

Has anyone seen this or similar?

Thanks,
James.

 

i think the guideline is more...that good makers 'marked ' their stuff....

still.......it's lovely .....but I doubt it's OOAK...!

 

Have you looked under the felts?

 

kokomo, I'm sure it's not one of a kind. .

moreotherstuff, yes, when I first bought this I took it apart to straighten a slight bend and then added the felt.

James.

 

Beautiful. The feet are very interesting! Years ago my grandmother gave me a relatively cheap factory made plate stand with similar feet, five toes or so. Hope you find the maker!

 

Figured as much - the felt doesn't look so terribly old - but had to ask.

 

Well it is a beauty, German IMO, has a sort of WMF-Y feel, but no matter if unmarked ...I have a pair of early Hagenauer bookends that aren't marked either and my favourite things to buy are unsigned paintings!

 

well, if yer gonna make fun of my handle...I'm out ..

 

The quality looks good on the cast parts. Maybe @Fid has some insight.

 

It is beautiful, and another vote for German, with those strong lines. Love the little head on the base.

 

komokwa, surely an auto-correction fubar.

 

My first impression is German / Austrian, as opposed to French. But, I'm not well versed in what other countries produced stylistically.

James.

 

This one sold 8 years ago for $400.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/12588167_144-jugendstil

 

OK...I'll let it slide....................... hate auto correct!

 

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Lot 0144 Details
Description
Bronze tazza with Sphinx, c.1900; Unmarked; 11 3/4" x 13"

 

Good one Annund.........
& that's how we whittle down 40 years into just one day !!!!!!!

 

Fabulous detective work!
Thanks,
James.

 

I'm just glad that it did not change surely to Shirley.

 

I learned a new word today too ...

A tazza (Italian, "cup", plural tazze) is a wide but shallow saucer-like dish either mounted on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. The word has been generally adopted by archaeologists and connoisseurs for this type of vessel, used either for drinking, serving small items of food, or just for display.

 

$400 + 26% buyer's premium