Jugendstil (“Youth Style”) was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910.[1] It was the German counterpart of Art Nouveau. The members of the movement were reacting against the historicism and neo-classicism of the official art and architecture academies. It took its name from the art journal Jugend, founded by the German artist Georg Hirth. It was especially active in the graphic arts and interior decoration. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples and price guides of Jugendstil items including a WMF tea and coffee set and an Art Nouveau silver box by Heinrich Levinger.
Jugendstil tea and coffee set by Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
This is an Art Nouveau style silver electroplated pewter tea and coffee set made by Wurttembergische metallwarenfabrik (WMF) in Germany in about 1903. Unlike the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau fully accepted the machine and stylish mass-produced metalwork
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
Tablecloth Eastern European 1900–10
Red and white tablecloth with lattice of abstract plant forms in the Jugenstil Art Nouveau taste. Borders along the length edges and no borders across the width ends. Condition: good, overall fading
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
A German Jugendstil pewter dressing table mirror height 30 1/4 in. 77 cm
Sold for 4,375 USD at Sotheby’s in 2018
AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMELLED HINGED SILVER BOX stamped marks for London, 1901 and import marks for Heinrich Levinger guilloché to the exterior and overlayed with hand painted polychrome enamelling; the cover depicting a young female in a headdress with sweeping hair in the style of Alphonse Mucha and highlighted in gilt; the exterior of the box in translucent mauve enamel, gilt silver interior
Heinrich Levinger was an important Jugendstil jeweller and silversmith from Pforzheim, Germany.
Sold for £ 3,437 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2019
A PAIR OF JUGENDSTIL CERAMIC AND BRASS VASES, POSSIBLY BY JOHANN VON SCHWARZ CIRCA 1910 The glazed ceramic vases having brass mounts, twin-handles and openwork bases 22 ½ in. (52 cm.) high
Sold for GBP 625 at Christie’s in 2015
Continental Jugendstil Gilt-Bronze and Cobalt Glazed Ceramic Jardinière Circa 1900 Height 10 1/4 inches, width over handles 25 1/2 inches.
Sold for $375 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2019
