Description & Technical information
Designed
by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1921
Executed
by: Wiener Werkstätte, 1923, model no. S 5358
Marked:
JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), WW, 900, Austrian
hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)
Silver, chased and hammered, hand polished, excellent
original condition
H 27
cm, Ø 10 cm
Provenance: gift from architect Joseph Urban to film
producer William Sistrom
Newly added cat. no. H21/70
Date: around 1921
Dimensions: 27 x 10 cm (10⁵/₈ x 3⁷/₈ inches)
Literature:
Ref.: Wiener Werkstätte archive at the Museum of
Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 11983-19; a contemporary
photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photo archive at the MAK,
Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-228-1
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