Orivit
The ORIVIT AG was a German metal-processing company, which at the beginning of the 20th century luxury and consumer goods in the Art Nouveau created.
history
The ORIVIT trademark was registered in 1898 by Ferdinand Hubert Schmitz (* October 31, 1863 in Minden, † May 15, 1939 in Bonn), who in 1894 took over the "Rheinische Bronze- und Metallwarenfabrik Johann Heinrich Welke" in Bedburg , which was renamed several times . The first products were presented at the Christmas exhibition in the Munich Kunstgewerbemuseum, followed by participation in the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 , where the company won a gold medal. It received further awards in 1902 at the Düsseldorf industrial and commercial exhibition and in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition .
In 1903 a new factory was built in Cologne-Ehrenfeld . After Orivit AG was taken over by the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik , Heinrich Alle, who was supported in one position from 1906 by Georg Friedrich Schmitt , took over the management. At the same time, the arts and crafts metal goods factory "Orion" was transferred to Orivit AG. During the First World War , the craft production was stopped, resumed in 1918, until the company was completely shut down in 1926.
Products
The product group identified by the name “Orivit” comprised “stamped and cast luxury and everyday objects made of pewter , copper , brass , white metal or other suitable metal, raw, completely or partially gold-plated, silver-plated or also assembled with glass, crystal or porcelain, namely : Mugs, jugs, jug lids, candlesticks, trays, bowls, bowls, tea and coffee sets, table shovels, brushes, punch bowls, wine coolers, bread baskets, centerpieces, hand mirrors, cans, vases, figures. "
The design of the products was developed by Hermann Gradl , Georges Charles Coudray , Theo Blum , Georg Grasegger , Walter Scherf (1875–1909), Victor Seifert and Johann Christian Kröner , among others .
- Product examples Orivit
Bronze figure
"Girl with a pair of birds"
Bronze figure
"side view head"
Bronze figure
"signature on the base"
Bowling vessel , glass with tin mount
Peacock vase 1
Signature of Orivit-AG
(bottom of the peacock vase)
Art Nouveau vase, n ° 2568.
Web links
- Orivit - history, products and collections (English)
- Orivit Products (German)
Individual evidence
- ^ Doege, Christine: On the history of the Orivit A. G. In: Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Werner Schäfke (Ed.): Orivit. Art Nouveau tin. Cologne 1992. p. 21 ff.
- ↑ Reto Niggl: Orivit: The Art Nouveau Factory. In: Antiqueszeitung. 9, 1978, pp. 6/7, 27.
- ↑ senses-artnouveau.com