A German pewter Jungenstil (Art Nouveau) bread tray / fruit bowl / center bowl designed by Hugo Leven (1874-1956) and Herman Fauser (1862-1947) and made by the Rhenish firm Leuconide Metalware Factory and Trading Company J.P. Kayser & Sohn AG (1862-1925), Krefeld-Bochum, circa 1902-1904.
The waisted, open, boat shaped bowl of sinuous freeform is embossed with trailing tendrils and fruit and has integral handles on either end that join the bottom to the lip edge. The bottom is embossed at one end with the company logo consisting of an oval around ‘KAYSERZINN / 4461’, also impressed upside down above the oval is the number “28”.
Measuring 13 1/2 l. x 6 1/4 w. x 4 h. in.
Very Good Vintage Condition, with some wear commensurate with age. It has been left unpolished to preserve the current original patina.
Kayserzinn (Kayser pewter) used a lead free alloy made from tin and silver.
