Josef Hoffmann

CAKE SERVER

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1906

Period 20th century

Origin Vienna

Medium Silver, chased

Dimension 26 cm (10¹/₄ inches)

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1906
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte

The design of the handle of our cake server is identical to the one exhibited as part of the wedding table service from the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition "Der gedeckte Tisch" [The Set Table]. The blade of the cake server also corresponds to the "Rundes Modell" [round model] cutlery set shown there. Interestingly, in the archives of the Wiener Werkstätte we were unable to find either a photograph or a design sketch.

Date: 1906

Period: 20th century

Origin: Vienna

Medium: Silver, chased

Signature: Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark, small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), maker's mark AM for Alfred Mayer

Dimension: 26 cm (10¹/₄ inches)

Literature: Ref.: comp. W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann, Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1982, p. 105

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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

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