Round Art Nouveau American sterling silver serving tray

Around shallow sterling silver serving dish or tray, made in sterling silver in the Art Nouveau style. The simplicity of the styling is enhances with cast openwork handles, applied graduated beading, scrolls and leaves; all redolent of the Art Nouveau era.

With plain flat surfaces, this pair of silver trays are perfect for serving a variety of foods such as canapés or hors d'oeuvres.

Art Nouveau was a compelling and energetic style in the visual arts which spanned from around the early 1890s to the First World War. Art Nouveau artists, inspired by plant forms and nature, took organic subjects and flattened and abstracted them into sophisticated, sinuous and flowing motifs.