Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1906

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, around 1909

Glass liner is missing, very good condition

In the Wiener Werkstätte archives a similar writing accoutrement is registered as model no. M 1211.

Date:  around 1909
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Austria, Vienna
Medium: Chased and hammered alpaca, Silver-plated, Original patina
Signature: Marked: JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), rose mark

Dimensions: 10.5 x 32 x 19 cm (4¹/₈ x 12⁵/₈ x 7¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: 

Estate of Ferdinand Hodler, Geneva



Literature: 

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration., 1909, vol. 24, ill. p. 231; Wiener
Werkstätte drawings archives at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, inv. no. KI 12067-10-1, model no.
M 1211; inv. no. KI 12067-13-1; Wiener Werkstätte
photographic archives, inv. no. WWF 97-44-3, model no. M 1211



Categories: Silver