House JP KAYSER SOHN Pair of plates with Renaissance... Lot 6

House JP KAYSER SOHN Pair of plates with Renaissance personalities decorated in copper corviniello, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell; on the reverse side Corviniello Patent 82 (female figure) & 83 (male figure). Signature on the wing of the female figure: "JP Kayser Sohn Crefeld". Diameter: 33cm. Slight dent on one of the plates. Kayser Sohn, founded in 1862 in the Düsseldorf area, was originally specialized in the manufacture of metal objects. The company made a name for itself mainly in the production of Art Nouveau pewter articles made in Krefeld on the basis of highly finished models designed in their Cologne workshop. The Kayser Shon brothers reached the peak of their career between 1889 and 1902 and participated in various exhibitions at the beginning of the 20th century, including Paris in 1900, where they won a gold medal, the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Turin in 1902 (again winning a gold medal), and the Exposition Internationale in St. Louis in 1904. The company was also known at the beginning of the 20th century for the very original technique of inlaying mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, a process that also involved electroplating, known as corviniello. It is a perfect example of the union of art and industrial technique, and this process was used to create the ornamentation of the central part of the plates. The border, made entirely of metal, emphasizes the contrast between the polished gilded copper and the delicate scrolls interspersed with foliage. The finely engraved decoration is identical to those produced on other plates made by the Kayser Sohn company, indicating that such plates with the same border were probably produced in quantity, differing only in the decoration used for the center.