International Symposium at the Bröhan-Museum, Berlin
from October 6 to 8, 2001
organized by Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk

Box Mogens Ballin, Copenhagen, design pre-1907, execution 1916 Cast pewter Bröhan-Museum, Berlin Cat. Modern Art of Metalwork nr. 10

• exchange the actual state of research, ideas, questions & problems of the various provenances, arranged in 15 short papers with the opportunity of extensive discussion
• discuss if and how the network of experts in this field can be improved
• present the new collection catalogue of the Bröhan-Museum ”Modern Art of Metalwork” to international experts

All aims and more have been fulfilled. The symposium had an atmosphere as if everybody had previously been waiting for years for such an opportunity—it was obvious, that many of the most distinguished scholars in this field did not know each other yet and had not even heard about important publications in other countries. Therefore, it was agreed among the participants unanimously, that such a reunion should be held more or less regularly at different places.

We apologize for not having been able to invite all experts to the symposium in Berlin in 2001. We intended to keep the number of participants as small as possible to allow an active discussion, and on the other hand as large as necessary to include representatives from most of the relevant countries. It was a trial event in a field not tread much before.

To give the chance of some insight in the themes discussed during the event, many participants meritoriously agreed to publish their contributions on the website of the Bröhan-Museum. The rights on the following contributions are kept by their authors. It is not allowed to make commercial use of, to distribute or to alter the following texts:

• participants in the symposium
  
  
• Remarks on Current Research
  Judy Rudoe, Assistant Keeper, The British Museum, London
  
  
• The silversmith—conceiving and making works of silver
  Wilfried Moll, Silversmith, Hamburg
  
  
• Silver Triennal—An International Exhibition Promoting the Contemporary Art of the Silversmith
  Christianne Weber-Stöber, Chief Executive, Gesellschaft fuer Goldschmiedekunst, Hanau
  
  
• The Way to the Art Nouveau-silver—Stylistic preferences between Second Empire and Fin de Siècle by the example of Paris orders of table silver
  Claudia Kanowski, Curator, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig
  
  
• Thorvald Bindesbøll —an Innovator of Danish Silver
  Poul Dedenroth-Schou, Director, Museet på Koldinghus, Kolding
  
  
• From art deco to art nouveau dinanderie. When technical evolution go with stylistic evolution (see french original version below)
  Dominique Forest, Conservator, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
  
  
• Jean E. Puiforcat: New Discoveries
  Gail S. Davidson, Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York
  
  
• The Art of Adaptation—Aspects of 20th Century Danish Silver
  Jörg Schwandt, Expert in Danish Silver and Art Dealer, Berlin
  
  
• List of Publications on Metalware
  Wim Nys, scientific assistant, Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof-Zilvercentrum, Deurne
  
  
• Functionalism? Formalism?
  Questioning Marianne Brandt’s Tea-infuser
  Klaus Weber, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
  
  
• A conversation with a teapot
  Wilfried Moll, Silversmith, Hamburg
  
  

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