JOSEF HOFFMANN
sold
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna |
| Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte,1918, model nos. S 4074, S 4076, S 4077, S 4078, S 4079 |
| Marked | JH, rose mark, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), WW, Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, A (hallmark for Vienna) |
| Dimensions | Tray: W 42 cm, D 37 cm, teapot: H 17 cm, sugar bowl: H 14 cm, sugar tong: L 11 cm, creamer: H 11 cm |
| Material | Silver chased and hammered, fine bead-and-reel decoration, finely carved ivory handles, finest quality of silversmith craftsmanship, tray repaired on base, four minor defects on the raised edge (under the rim), except for the tray very good original condition |
| Provenance | private property, Spain |
| Literature | A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-189-5; Wiener Werkstätte archives at the, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12055-23, KI 12055-26, KI 12055-27-1 |
SILVER TEA SET consisting of: teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, sugar tong, tray.
We know from the model books in the WW archive of the MAK, Vienna, that the tea set has been executed only twice, once in 1918 and the second time in 1920.
M60/20
