Josef Hoffmann
SILVER TROPHY WITH OLIVE BRANCH
Josef Hoffmann
SILVER TROPHY WITH OLIVE BRANCH
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date around 1940
Epoque Vienna, around 1940
Origine Austrian
Medium silver
Dimension 26.5 x 7 cm (10³/₈ x 2³/₄ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1940
Executed by: Alexander Sturm
Marked: Austrian hallmark – head of toucan (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), 800 fein, four-leaf clover (trademark of the Sturm company)
Cast silver, chased and hammered.
H 26.5 cm, Ø 7 cm
After the bankruptcy of Wiener Werkstätte, Hoffmann had numerous silver objects manufactured by the Alexander Sturm company, J. C. Klinkosch as well as other Viennese gold and silver smiths. Hoffmann designed this cup for Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich. In the recently published book “Der Späte Hoffmann, Wiener Kunsthandwerk nach 1932“ by M. Kristan and F. M. Bogner, the cup is shown on the front cover.
Date: around 1940
Epoque: Vienna, around 1940
Origine: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:
Marked: Austrian hallmark – head of toucan (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), 800 fein, four-leaf clover (trademark of the Sturm company)
Dimension: 26.5 x 7 cm (10³/₈ x 2³/₄ inches)
Provenance: private property, Austria
Literature:
Die Pause, 5th year’s issue, Vienna, November 1940, number 11; M. Kristan, F. M. Bogner (eds.), Der Späte Hoffmann, Wiener Kunsthandwerk nach 1932, Vienna 2023
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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