Spoon and Fork, Model No. 4800
Designer
Peter Behrens(German, 1868–1940)German, 1868–1940
ManufacturerManufactured by
M. J. Ruckert(German, established 1838)German, established 1838
CultureGerman
Titles
- Spoon and Fork, Model No. 4800
Datec. 1901
Made inDarmstadt, Germany
MediumSilver
Dimensions.1, Spoon: 1 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (4.1 × 21.6 cm)
.2, Fork: 1 × 8 5/8 in. (2.5 × 21.9 cm)
.2, Fork: 1 × 8 5/8 in. (2.5 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.44.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst," Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, Germany, 1901.
“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.
“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18–August 10, 2014.
Published References Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 9 (1901-02),170. (for a period image of the dining room at Haus Behrens in Darmstadt) Dekorative Kunst 5 (1901-02), 25. Peter Behrens, et al. Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst: die Ausstellung der Künstler-Kolonie in Darmstadt, 1901: Festschrift. München, Verlag der Verlags-Anstalt F. Bruckmann A.-G., 1902, 368. Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, Darmstadt 1901-1976, Vol. 4, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe, exh. cat. (Darmstadt: Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, 1977), 14, cat. no. 22. Peter-Klaus Schuster, Peter Behrens und Nürnberg: Geschmackswandel in Deutschland: Historismus, Jugendstil u.d. Anfänge d. Industrieform (München: Prestel, 1980), 156. Renate Ulmer, Museum der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt (Darmstadt: Institut Mathildenhöhe, 1990), 8, cat. no. 4. Karl Bröhan, Metallkunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939) (Berlin: Bröhan-Museum, 1990), 427. Reinhard W. Sänger, Das deutsche Silber-Besteck: Biedermeier, Historismus, Jugendstil (1805 - 1918): Firmen, Techniken, Designer und Dekore (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 1991), 112-114. Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers, Reinhard W. Sänger, Art Nouveau Knives, Forks and Spoons, Inventory of the Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen/Germany, (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2000), 93, cat. no. 91. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved into the back of the handle: monogram "AH"
Engraved into the back of the handle: 2 small squares possibly containing "R" and "800" with moon and crown design
Engraved into the back of the handle: 2 small squares possibly containing "R" and "800" with moon and crown design
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Charles T. Grosjean
Designed 1884, made 1885–91
Sterling silver and gilt
97.195-97.196
