Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte
SILVER BASKET
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte
SILVER BASKET
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1909
Period 1909
Origin Austrian
Medium silver
Dimension 22 cm (8⁵/₈ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1909
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 1548
Marked: JH, WW, two times Austrian hallmark – small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), rose mark
Silver, “blossom pattern” decoration, glass liner missing, repairs at the handle, nice condition
H 22 cm
A total of 12 similar baskets were executed between 1909 and 1910. The details in the Wiener Werkstätte pattern book are imprecise, but our basket obviously differs from the one depicted in the pattern books in terma of number of pattern rows and shape.
Sincere thanks to Dr. Anne-Kathrin Rossberg, MAK Vienna, and Mr. H.S. for this information.
Date: 1909
Period: 1909
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:
Marked: JH, WW, two times Austrian hallmark – small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), rose mark
Dimension: 22 cm (8⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: private property, Germany
Literature:
Ref.: cf. Wiener
Werkstätte pattern book, Blumenkörbchen (small flower basket), p. 1548
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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