Antique 2 Lg Spoons SP GREEK MOTIFS & NAKED NYMPH JOZEF FRAGET France WARSAW
Two large serving spoons . Measures 8 3/4” Long. 103.2 grams.
Rare maker and even more rare pattern.
Excellent condition with some wear marks
FRENCH ART NOUVEAU FRAGET with ANCIENT GREEK MOTIFS & NAKED NYMPH, c.1910
STAMPED WITH THE FRAGET MARKS: FRAGET MB PLAQUE
ABOUT FRAGET HISTORY
The Fraget factory was founded by two French businessmen – the brothers Alphonse (Alfons) and Joseph (in Polish, Józef) Fraget in 1824. However, after 1841 Joseph Fraget became the sole owner of this company. In the fifties-sixties of the XIX century, the firm turned to the production of electroplated silver items and exported them mainly to the Russian market. The products of the Fraget firm soon turned out to be extremely popular. Since, any silver-plated item in the Russian Empire was called simply “fraget”. In 1967 Joseph Fraget died, and his business was inherited by his son Julian. In 1905, Julian was assassinated and from 1906 Fraget was managed by Julian’s daughter, Maria Antonina, who died in 1934. In 1939 with the start of World War II, the Fraget company stopped its activity
At the end of the XIX century most of the Russian silver plate production was concentrated in Poland, and about ten foundries producing silver plate were operating in Warsaw. Among them the most interesting Art Nouveau objects were produced by “FRAGET” .