Tray in the form of a triangle, edged, copper gilded, enamelled black/white and pink, bottom even and black enamelled (l. 8 inch); sugar bowl (d. 3,1 inch x h.1,4 inch) and spiller (d. 2,4 inch x h. 1,7 inch) in the form of a cone, handle with bast. Spoon (l. 3,5 inch), brass in art deco style.

Design: Albert Gustav Bunge, um 1950.
Manufacture: Metallwerkstätte A.G.Bunge, München, Germany.
Marked on the bottom of the bowl: A.G. BUNGE.

_{State: In good condition, chip on the bottom of the tray (ca. 0,2 inch), spoon with normal tracks of use.}

Although Albert Gustav Bunges  (b. 1893 in Rathenow, d. 1967 in Salzburg) right hand has been corrupted at the beginning of the first world war, he pursued his artistic studies persistently. He visited the “Kunstschule Hannover” and then the “Academy of fine arts” in Munich. The German Werkbund, which was founded in Munich, impacted heavily on him. The Werkbund promoted the processing of commercial work, propagated the care of execution, material, objectivity, ornamental restraint as well as modern and assigned form. Bunge also wanted his audience never by virtuoso amaze excellence in its work, especially by "quality" convince. His artistic ambition aimed to simplest effects of daily life. As a member of the “Bayrischen Kunstgewerbevereins” he participated in various exhibitions in Munich glass palace.
Since the 1930s holding intensive studies with the techniques of enameling. Many works he featured in the trade fairs in “Grassi Museum” in Leipzig. Bunges metalworks of the 20s and 30s were especially on Art Déco elements, whereas his enameling works of the 50th were strongly committed to an objective, geometric design, that reflect the „Bauhaus-Zeitgeist“. Striking way, the return to a simple geometric design. His works have the characteristic features of the "Fifties" without denying his unmistakable individual handwriting.

Literature: Die Kunst und Das schöne Heim, iss. 53, 1954/55, p.118; ebenda, iss. 55, 1956/57, p.79. Cp. also: Kat. Metallkunst im Umbruch Sammlung Giorgio Silzer, 1920er bis 1950er Jahre, Leipzig 2006, p.105.
Current: Exhibition Stadtmuseum Fürstenfeldbruck: Albert Bunge und die Metallkunst der 1920er bis 1950er Jahre vom 26.11.2009 bis 5.4.2010.