Orfèvrerie Bruno Wiskemann - Dish - Chippendale - Silverplated - Chippendale

Beautiful serving dish in silvered metal, made by the renowned silversmiths of Wiskemann. It dates from the postwar period, the 1950s-1960s, when Bruno Wiskemann continued the family business. The chippendale design is from the Neoclassical period and aligns with the chippendale or contours cutlery.

Marked on the bottom with Wiskemann’s master stamps and the original sticker.

Wiskemann is the most exclusive Belgian manufacturer of silver-plated objects. Otto-Leonard Wiskemann came from an aristocratic German family of goldsmiths and jewelers. At the start of his career he did an internship with Christofle. After this internship he even improved Christofle’s process and established himself in Brussels in 1872. In that period, Wiskemann offered the highest quality in the world for silvered white metal. All pieces were handmade in the workshops in Brussels (Belgium) and Zurich (Switzerland). (You can find an excerpt from the 1908 catalog between the photos showing the workshops.) Wiskemann sold, alongside Galleries Innovation (the Belgian equivalent of Harrod’s or Lafayette at the time), in their own shop on Avenue Louise and in their own shop in Zurich.

Wiskemann received major international recognition, including the Silver Medal in 1885 at the International Competition in Antwerp, the Diploma of Honour in Brussels (1897), twice 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 already reached the world’s top with gold medals and honorary diplomas in 1888, 1889, 1899, 1900, 1904 and 1905. The full list up to 1908 can be found between the photos. The company was later continued by Otto and Albin Wiskemann and then by Bruno Wiskemann. The Wolfers family (famous from Philippe Wolfers and the Wolfers Frères – court supplier to the Belgian royal family) bought a majority stake in the company during that period. Later the Delheid family’s businesses were added to this concern. This is a piece of Belgian history and of outstanding quality: comparable to Christofle, Robbe & Berking, Erco, Puiforcat, Wilkens, Erco, etc.

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

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