The OSIRIS Metallwarenfabrik für Kleinkunst Walter Scherf & Co was founded in 1899 in Nuremberg by father Friedich August Scherf (1839-1922) and his son Walter Scherf (1875 –1909). Walter Scherf worked until 1899 at another famous German metalworking company Jugendstil: ORIVIT.
1902
The company OSIRIS - Walter Scherf & Co developed a new type of pewter: the so-called metal "ISIS".
1906
They changed the name from OSIRIS to "ISIS Werke Gmbh. kunstgewerblicher Erzeugnisse".
1899–1909
The factory produced 1300 items.
1909
Walter Scherf took his own life. That was the end of “OSIRIS” – “ISIS”.
Some of the museums where works from this manufacturer are preserved and exhibited include:
