Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill

Date: 1912

Period: 20th century

Origin: Vienna

Medium: Silver, chased and hammered

Signature: Marked:
Teapot, creamer, sugar bowl and tray: EWW, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), rose mark, Austrian hallmark Diana's head (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900
Sugar tongs: WW, Austrian hallmark Diana's head (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900
Rum flacon: EWW, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark Diana's head (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900

Dimension: 15 cm (5⁷/₈ inches)

Provenance: private collection, USA

Literature: A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, model nos. S 2462, S 2478, S 2484, S 2486, S 2487, S 2485; photo volume WWF 95-157-2 and design drawings are preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives, design drawings inv. no. KI 13261-1, KI 13261-2, KI 13214-16, KI 13261-3

Exhibition: The same set without rum flacon is part of the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, inv. no. WI 1115/1912, and was shown in 2003 at the exhibition "Yearning for Beauty, 100 years Wiener Werkstätte".