Description & Technical information
SILVER TEA SET
consisting of 6 cups and saucers, tray, sugar bowl and tongs
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann/Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, around 1909
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 1828, S 1946, S 1948-49
Marked: rose mark, WW, JH, maker’s mark JH in circle for Josef Hossfeld, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
Silver, tray base in Macassar ebony, professionally repolished, original glass liners, one with crack, finest silversmith work, excellent original condition
Cup: H 9 cm, ø 7 cm; saucer: H 2 cm, ø 12 cm; sugar bowl: H 5.5 cm, W 12 cm; tray: W 42 cm, D 36.5 cm; sugar tong: L 10 cm
Date: around 1909
Period: around 1909
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:
Marked: rose mark, WW, JH, maker’s mark JH in circle for Josef Hossfeld, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
Dimensions: 9 x 7 cm (3¹/₂ x 2³/₄ inches)
Provenance: private property, USA
Literature:
W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, p. 110, no. 76; A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. nos. WWF 94-117-1, WWF 94-116-2
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