Josef Hoffman
Silver hand bell
Josef Hoffman
Silver hand bell
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1910
Period Early 20th century
Dimension 9 cm (3¹/₂ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1910
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte
Marked: WW, JH, rose mark, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)
Silver, chased and hammered, bead–and-reel decoration, silver-plated brass clapper
In a simplified version, Hoffmann used the handle top formed of spheres as early as 1904 when designing the lid of a silver sugar bowl (Jugendstil Auction, Dorotheum, May 2011).
Date: 1910
Period: Early 20th century
Dimension: 9 cm (3¹/₂ inches)
Provenance:
private property, Austria
Exhibition: MAK Vienna, Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956. Progress Through Beauty, December 2021 until June 2022
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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