WMF, Geislingen - Silver Plated Cake Server - Marked Ostrich I/O - Germany, 1910-1925

An antique, silver-plated cake server by the German WMF (Würtembergische Metallwaren Fabrik) - made in the years between 1910-1925 in Geislingen an der Steige. The server is very detailed and richly decorated with laurel wreath edges and a floral end of the handle. These details are of the quality WMF was known for during this period; sharp and elegant.

The server is in excellent condition.

Marked on the back of the stem with [Ostrich in square under arc] [I/O - for Inoxydable (silver plated)]

At the turn of the 20th century, the German WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) - with its factory in Geislingen an der Steige - had acquired a worldwide leading position as a producer of household metal products. With designer Albert Mayer at the helm as director and head of the WMF Art Studio, the company made a name for itself manufacturing items in Jugendstil. When this style gradually fell out of favor after the First World War, the company was quick to pick up on the new influences, maintaining a leading position in silverware in Germany well into the 1960s.