Josef Hoffmann
SILVER TEA SET
Josef Hoffmann
SILVER TEA SET
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Period 20th century
Origin Austrian
Medium silver
Dimension 42 cm (16¹/₂ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte,1918, model nos. S 4074, S 4076, S
4077, S 4078, S 4079
Silver chased and hammered, fine bead-and-reel decoration, finely carved ivory handles, finest quality of silversmith craftsmanship, tray repaired on base, four minor defects on the raised edge (under the rim), except for the tray very good original condition.
Tray: W 42 cm, D 37 cm, teapot: H 17 cm, sugar bowl: H 14 cm,
sugar tong: L 11 cm, creamer: H 11 cm
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature: Marked: JH, rose mark, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), WW, Austrian
hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, A (hallmark for Vienna)
Dimension: 42 cm (16¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: private property, Spain
Literature: A contemporary photograph is preserved in the
Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK),
Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-189-5; Wiener Werkstätte archives at the, Austrian
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12055-23, KI
12055-26, KI 12055-27-1
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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