Josef Hoffmann
SILVER BASKET
Josef Hoffmann
SILVER BASKET
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date around 1906
Epoque around 1906
Origine Austrian
Medium silver
Dimension 18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1906
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 708
Marked: JH, WW, two times Austrian hallmark - small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, rose mark, master´s mark JH (for Josef Holi) in circle
Silver, square latticework, glass liner replaced, very good original condition
H 18 cm
Although a total of 36 baskets had been produced between 1906 and 1908 according to the Wiener Werkstätte archives, this model is extremely rare to find. Particularly striking the impressive formal resemblance to the Samsung Cultural Education and Entertainment Center in Seoul, designed and executed between 1990-1999.
Date: around 1906
Epoque: around 1906
Origine: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:
Marked: JH, WW, two times Austrian hallmark
- small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, rose mark, master´s
mark JH (for Josef Holi) in circle
Dimension: 18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)
Provenance:
private property, Germany
Literature:
Ref.: G. Fahr-Becker (ed.), Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, 1994, p. 31; Wiener Silber, Modernes Design 1780-1918, ill. p. 318; comp. Wiener Wekstätte pattern book,
vases, p. 708
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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