Josef Hoffman

Consisting of: Teapot, creamer, sugar bowl with lid, sugar tongs, tray

Designed
by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1922

Executed
by: Wiener Werkstätte, model nos. S 5369 – S se 8-1, S
5370 – S se 8-2, S 5371 – S se 8-3, S 5372 – S se 8-4, S 5373 – S se 8-5

Marked:
JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), WW, Austrian
hallmark - head of hoopoe (W for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900

Silver chased and hammered, teapot
and creamer with ivory spacers (these replaced), handles of finely carved double
twisted ivory, lids with stylized pinecone finials, finest quality of
silversmith craftsmanship, excellent original condition

Tray: W 48
cm, D 45 cm, teapot: H 26 cm, sugar bowl: H 18 cm,

sugar tongs:
L 12 cm, creamer: H 15.5 cm

The Wiener Werkstätte pattern book records the
production of 3 such tea sets – one each in 1922, 1924 and 1926. Josef Hoffmann
also exhibited one of these sets at the Paris Exposition Internationale des
Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925.

In 2014, we showed an identical set at the TEFAF (catalogue
number 30), which we had acquired in the USA and sold to a renowned art
collector.