Orfèvrerie Bruno Wiskemann - Dish - Chippendale - Silverplated - Chippendale

Beautiful serving dish in silver-plated metal, made by the renowned Wiskemann silversmiths. This dates from the postwar period, the 1950s-60s, when Bruno Wiskemann continued the family business. The Chippendale design is from the neoclassical period and complements Chippendale or Contour cutlery.

Stamped on the bottom with the master marks of Wiskemann and the original sticker.

Wiskemann is the most exclusive Belgian manufacturer of silver-plated objects. Otto-Leonard Wiskemann came from a noble German family of goldsmiths and jewelers. At the start of his career he did an internship with Christofle. After this internship he was able to improve Christofle’s process and settled in Brussels in 1872. In that period Wiskemann represented the highest quality worldwide in silvered white metal. All pieces were handmade in the ateliers in Brussels (Belgium) and Zürich (Switzerland). (You can find an excerpt from the 1908 catalog among the photos showing the ateliers.) Wiskemann sold alongside Galleries Innovation, the then Belgian equivalent of Harrod’s or Lafayette, also in their own shop on Avenue Louise and in their own shop in Zurich.

Wiskemann received great international recognition, including the ‘Medaille d’argent’ in 1885 at the international contest in Antwerp, the ‘Diplôme d’honneur’ in Brussels (1897), and two times the ‘Grand Prix’ in its category, respectively in Liège in 1905 and Milan in 1906. Also in the culinary world and at culinary contests Wiskemann reached the top of the world with gold medals and honorary diplomas in 1888, 1889, 1899, 1900, 1904 and 1905. The extensive list up to 1908 can be found among the photos.

The company was later continued by Otto and Albin Wiskemann and then by Bruno Wiskemann. The Wolfers family (known from Philippe Wolfers and the Wolfers Frères – court supplier to the Belgian royal family) bought a majority of the company in that period. Later the Delheid family businesses were also added to this concern.

This is a piece of Belgian history and of outstanding quality: comparable to Christofle, Robbe & Berking, Ercuis, Puiforcat, Wilkens, Ercuis etc.

In very good condition. See photos for a perfect impression of the state of the items.

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