Object Notes

This boldly modern tea ball and stand by designer Ilonka Karasz is composed of repeated conical elements upon a cruciform base.

This coffee and tea service is dramatically styled of sinuous forms that resonate with the influence of French art nouveau design in the last years of the 19th century. The individual pieces are bulbous and full, dominated by fluted lines that vaguely echo natural elements such as fish fins and seashells.

This coffee and tea service is dramatically styled of sinuous forms that resonate with the influence of French art nouveau design in the last years of the 19th century. The individual pieces are bulbous and full, dominated by fluted lines that vaguely echo natural elements such as fish fins and seashells.

This coffee and tea service is dramatically styled of sinuous forms that resonate with the influence of French art nouveau design in the last years of the 19th century. The individual pieces are bulbous and full, dominated by fluted lines that vaguely echo natural elements such as fish fins and seashells.

This coffee and tea service is dramatically styled of sinuous forms that resonate with the influence of French art nouveau design in the last years of the 19th century. The individual pieces are bulbous and full, dominated by fluted lines that vaguely echo natural elements such as fish fins and seashells.

This coffee and tea service is dramatically styled of sinuous forms that resonate with the influence of French art nouveau design in the last years of the 19th century. The individual pieces are bulbous and full, dominated by fluted lines that vaguely echo natural elements such as fish fins and seashells.

This coffee and tea service is dramatically styled of sinuous forms that resonate with the influence of French art nouveau design in the last years of the 19th century. The individual pieces are bulbous and full, dominated by fluted lines that vaguely echo natural elements such as fish fins and seashells.

Displayed as the focus of the Tiffany & Co. exhibit at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, this lavish centerpiece was part of a service containing more than two hundred works in a related pattern.

This oval bowl with cast, stamped, and hand-chased artic motifs was a best seller for Gorham from 1870 through the mid-1880s.

This oval bowl with cast, stamped, and hand-chased artic motifs was a best seller for Gorham from 1870 through the mid-1880s.