Five-piece "Orchid" (Orchdees) coffee and tea service (Primary Title)
Philippe Wolfers, Belgian, 1858 - 1929 (Artist)
Wolfers Frères, Belgian, Brussels, 1850 - 1947 (Maker)
Marks (each piece): (1) three stars in triangle (maker's mark for the firm of Philippe Wolfers and Wolfers Freres); (2) 800 (alloy mark); (3) crescent and crown in rectangle (assay mark for Germany).
Cercle artistique et littéraire, Brussels, 1895 (related Orchids service);
Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1897 (related Orchids service);
Zilver met Brusselse Keuren, City of Brussels and Generale Bank Brussels, 1972, cat. 282, (Apples service);
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1992 (Digitalis service);
Van Belle Epooque tot Art Nouveau. Belgisch zilver, 1868-1914, Sterckshof Silver Museum, Antwerp, 1998, cat. 130 (lst teapot and sugar pot – and drawings – designed in 1895); cat. 132 (Digitalis service); cat. 133 (Apples service), and Orchids service on offer to VMFA;
Art Nouveau and Design, 1830-1958, Royal Museum for Art and History, Brussels, 2005 (Orchids service on offer to VMFA);
De Dynastie Wolfers. Meesters in Zilver, Design Museum, Ghent, 2006-2007 (Orchids service on offer to VMFA and Apples and Digitalis services)
Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1897 (related Orchids service);
Zilver met Brusselse Keuren, City of Brussels and Generale Bank Brussels, 1972, cat. 282, (Apples service);
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1992 (Digitalis service);
Van Belle Epooque tot Art Nouveau. Belgisch zilver, 1868-1914, Sterckshof Silver Museum, Antwerp, 1998, cat. 130 (lst teapot and sugar pot – and drawings – designed in 1895); cat. 132 (Digitalis service); cat. 133 (Apples service), and Orchids service on offer to VMFA;
Art Nouveau and Design, 1830-1958, Royal Museum for Art and History, Brussels, 2005 (Orchids service on offer to VMFA);
De Dynastie Wolfers. Meesters in Zilver, Design Museum, Ghent, 2006-2007 (Orchids service on offer to VMFA and Apples and Digitalis services)
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