Beautiful designed ORIVIT PEWTER Milk discount Jug and Sugar Bowl Dish, Art Nouveau Floral Design In Good Condition Circa 1910 - 1920 Collector Items

Beautiful ORIVIT Pewter Art Nouveau Design

Art Nouveau Orivit Pewter Milk Jug & Sugar Bowl Floral Design In Good Condition. Dated Circa 1910 - 1920

Milk Jug
Height 3” : 7.6cm
Widhth 4” : 10cm (handle to sprout)

Sugar Bowl
Height 2” : 5cm
Width 4.5” : 11.4cm
Deep 3.5” : 8.8cm

Orivit company was discount founded in 1894 as "Rheinische Broncegieserei fur Kleinplastiken"​ in Koln-Ehrenfeld, Germany. "Orivit" was initially a trade name (registered in 1898) for the company's proprietary metal alloy - its so called "orivit metal" which when polished would look like silver. This was achieved by removing lead, using a higher percentage of antimony and adding a small amount of silver.
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It was the acquisition of Orivit AG, who by this time were renowned for producing pewter ware (together with the subsequent acquisition of Orion Kunstgewerbliche Metallwarenfabrik) that helped drive WMF's expansion. WMF produced items with the Orivit mark until 1914.
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Orivit's designers included Hermann Gradl (1883-1964), Georg Grasegger, Walter Scherf (1875- 1909), Vicor Heinrich Seifert, Johann Cristian Kroner (1838-1911) and Georges Charles Couldray (1862-1932).

In 1900 the company changed its name to "Orivit A.G. fur Kunsthandwerkliche Metalwarenfabrikation" - leading designs of the period won them recognition at the Paris (1900) and St Louis (1904) World Exhibitions - however by 1905 the company was in financial problems and was acquired by WMF.