JOSEF HOFFMANN
About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, before 1923 |
Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte, model nos. M 3660 (coffeepot), M 3662 (sugar bowl) |
Marked | JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), 1 |
Dimensions | Coffeepot: H 16.4 cm Sugar bowl: H 13.4 cm |
Material | Brass, chased and hammered, silver-plated interior, Macassar ebony handle, very nice original condition |
Provenance | private property, Austria |
Literature | Wiener Werkstätte drawing archives at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, inv. no. KI 12051-19, model no. M 3660, M 3662; A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 114-2-2, model nos. M 3660, M 3662; Wiener Werkstätte sales catalogue, 1923, p. 7, M se 3 |
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