JOSEF HOFFMANN / EDUARD JOSEF WIMMER-WISGRILL

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About the artist Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna / 1882 – Vienna – 1961
Designed by Josef Hoffmann / Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, around 1910
Executed by Wiener Werkstätte
Marked WW, Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)
Dimensions H 2.7 cm, W 18.5 cm, D 12.8 cm
Material Silver, very good original condition
Provenance private property, Austria
Literature comp.: tea set: a contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, model nos. S. 1828, 1946, 1948, 1949, WWF 94-117-1; W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte, Avantgarde, Art Déco, Industrial Design, Vienna 1984, p. 110, ill. 76

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