JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, 1906 |
| Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte1910/13, model nos. M 847, M 848, M 852, M 857, M 856, M 933, M 850, M 853, M 935, M 859 |
| Marked | WW, some with rose mark, master’s mark, JH, lemonade spoon: Austrian hallmark – head of Diana |
| Dimensions | Table fork and lemonade spoon: L 21.5 cm |
| Material | Alpaca, silver plated, lime spoon silver |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann. Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibition catalogue. Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, 1982, p. 78, 86 (designs: work no. M 847, M 852) and p. 25, illus. 11; MAK Inv. Nr. WWF 130-2-1; MAK Inv. Nr. WWF 130-1-1 |
Executed in silver-plated alpaca and/or solid silver, this cutlery set was presented on the wedding banquet table in the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition "Der gedeckte Tisch"(the laid table). The list of buyers of this cutlery set features such names as Sonja Knips and Titus.
10-PIECE MUSEUM-QUALITY CUTLERY SET from the “RUNDES MODELL” (round model) cutlery design series comprising: 1 table fork, 1 table knife, 1 table spoon, 1 fish fork, 1 fish knife, 1 butter knife, 1 dessert fork, 1 mocha spoon, 1 ice cream spoon, 1 lemonade spoon
M17/23
