Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte

Date: 1905

Period: 20th century

Origin: Vienna

Medium: silver, Pierced square latticework, Original glass liners

Signature: Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)

Dimension: 24 x 4 x 4 cm (9¹/₂ x 1⁵/₈ x 1⁵/₈ inches)

Provenance: Private property, United Kingdom

Literature: WW archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, inv. no. Ei 961/1983, photo volume WWF 132, model book WWMB 30, S 508; J. Hoffmann, MAK exhibition catalogue, 1987, pp. 140, 321; Price, Seidel (ed.), Neue Galerie New York and Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Wiener Silber – Modernes Design 1780–1918, 2003, p. 314, no. 170; K. Goubert, Zilvermuseum Sterckshof (ed.), Wiener Werkstätte Silver and Belgian Silver Design, 2010, p. 61