Collection Wolfers & Petrucci: Hidden Treasures

Philippe Wolfers
Gioconda oval serving dish, ca. 1925
Silver
Dimensions: 30,2 × 37,8 cm
Marks: on the bottom “WF” in written interlaced script, three five-pointed stars in a triangular form consisting of
three interlocking circles, alloy mark for 800/1000
Provenance:
Philippe Wolfers
Marcel Wolfers and Clairette Petrucci collection
(by descent)
Exhibited:
Lissabon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
05/11–05/12/1991, cat. No. 164
Brussels, Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en
Geschiedenis, 15/02–15/04/1992, cat. No. 164
Zürich, Bellerive Museum, 06/10/1993–09/01/1994,
cat. No. 104.2.c
Antwerp (Deurne), Art-Deco zilver Antwerpen-Brussel-
Gent, Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof- Zilvercentrum,
27/02–27/05/1996, cat. No. B99d
This silver serving tray is the only item of the “Gioconda” silver tableware we
know of, bearing the personal monogram of Philippe Wolfers, engraved to it.
The monogram is identical (albeit with a slight difference due to the medium and
place of application) to the monogram we find on the bottom of the creamware
tableware in the “Gioconda” pattern. The same art deco typography is used for
the Marcel Wolfers monogram on the cutlery which is now in the collection of the
Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. It is certain that Philippe Wolfers
was responsible for the design of the monograms.
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