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Josef Hoffmann

SILVER TEA SET

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date around 1909

Period around 1909

Origin Austrian

Medium silver

Dimension 9 x 7 cm (3¹/₂ x 2³/₄ inches)

SILVER TEA SET

consisting of 6 cups and saucers, tray, sugar bowl and tongs

 

 

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann/Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, around 1909

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 1828, S 1946, S 1948-49

Marked: rose mark, WW, JH, maker’s mark JH in circle for Josef Hossfeld, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), WIENER WERKSTÄTTE

 

Silver, tray base in Macassar ebony, professionally repolished, original glass liners, one with crack, finest silversmith work, excellent original condition

 

Cup: H 9 cm, ø 7 cm; saucer: H 2 cm, ø 12 cm; sugar bowl: H 5.5 cm, W 12 cm; tray: W 42 cm, D 36.5 cm; sugar tong: L 10 cm


Date: around 1909

Period: around 1909

Origin: Austrian

Medium: silver

Signature:

Marked: rose mark, WW, JH, maker’s mark JH in circle for Josef Hossfeld, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), WIENER WERKSTÄTTE


Dimension: 9 x 7 cm (3¹/₂ x 2³/₄ inches)

Provenance: private property, USA

Literature:

W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, p. 110, no. 76; A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. nos. WWF 94-117-1, WWF 94-116-2


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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement

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