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Albert Meyer for WMF. An Art Nouveau electro-plated table service for twelve settings by WMF, pattern 44, designed circa 1905, comprising: Twelve table knives Twelve table forks Twelve table spoons Twelve dessert knives Twelve dessert forks Twelve dessert spoons Twelve tea spoons Ten knife rests A carving knife and fork A soup ladle A dessert serving spoon A salad serving spoon. A salad serving spoon with forked end in an oak and brass mounted dome-top cabinet, on a two-drawer stand, 146cm high overall, 64cm wide, 38cm deep. See Grotkamp-Schepers, Barbara and Sanger, Reinhard W. 'Art Nouveau Knivesks and Spoons' Stuttgart 20001, p. 68, item 47 for this pattern. For the stand see Sotheby's 5th October 04, Lot 67. Mayer was a sculptor and designer and director of the WMF Art Studio from 1894 to 1914.