ORIVIT WINE BOTTLE HOLDER

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Description: This is an outstanding piece of EDWARDIAN PERIOD Table Decoration in the form of an Ornate Wine Bottle Holder. This would have been used on the dining table or Serving Dresser. This gorgeous piece of Table Decoration would grace any top table decor layout. It is 5 3/4" in height and 6 3/8" in diameter across the base. The quality is fantastic with just some very minor marks on the resting plate. The base is stamped with the AG. ORIVIT Brand Mark. This mark is the one used after the company was taken over by WMF so relates to post 1906. ORIVIT AG. was founded in 1894 as "Rheinische Broncegieserei fur Kleinplastiken" in Koln-Ehrenfeld (Germany) by Wilhelm Ferdinand Hubert Schmitz (1863-1939). From 1896, the company began production of luxury items with the so called ORIVIT metal( 89,85% pewter; 7,9 % antimony; 1,9 % copper and 0,12 % silver). The ORIVIT metal was a richer and brighter pewter, that when well polished would look like silver with the advantage of a lesser cost of production, and also a reduced oxidation of the metal compared to silver or silverplated items. In 1901/02, ORIVIT built a new factory in Köln- Braunfels and began to use the new revolutionary press "the Huber –Presverfahren". Over the years, the Company has won several prizes: in Paris the gold medal at the world exhibition of 1900, in Dusseldorf the " 1902 Industrial Design Exhibition" and at the 1904 world exhibition in St Louis (USA) they won 2 Grand Prix prizes and 1 gold medal. However, in 1905 the Company experienced afinancial collapse and the WMF "Wurttembergische Metalwaren Fabrik", another famous German metalware company, bought ORIVIT. In 1906, ORIVIT AG aquired another German metalware company, ORION and more than 50 Orion designs many from Friedrich Adler, were to be used by ORIVIT. WMF produced items with the name ORIVIT until 1914. The designers of ORIVIT were: Theo Blum Georges Charles Couldray Hermann Gradl(1883-1964) Georg Grasegger Johann Cristian Kroner (1838-1911) Walter Scherf (1875-1909) Victor Heinrich Seifert

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 5878
Condition: VERY GOOD	Year: 1906 --1910
Country: GERMANY	Maker: ORIVIT - WMF
Height: 5.75 in. (14.60 cm)
Width: 6.375 in. (16.19 cm)
Title: ORNATE 'ORIVIT' EDWARDIAN PERIOD WINE BOTTLE HOLDER	Style: CLASSICAL EDWARDIAN
Materials: METAL - PEWTER	Type: CLASSICAL

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