Description
WMF, a Jungendstil silverplated chamberstick, German, circa 1906, stamped ‘WMF’, for Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik of Geislingen, ‘EPNS’, ‘1/0’, and ‘OX’ to the handle, to the front of the base is a well for matches having a hinged cover with an aperture in which to put emery paper for striking the matches, approximately 19 cm long SOLD
See illustration taken from page 117, ‘Art Nouveau Metalwork-from Wurttembergische MetallwarenFabrik-1906’, Antiques Collectors Club, 2006, for the factory catalogue entry of this model.
