Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 4672/1

 Weight 890 g

 
 

Date:  around 1919
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Austria
Medium: Chased hammered silver, Ivory handles
Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), JH, 900, Austrian hallmark – head of hoopoe (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000).

Dimensions: 19 cm (7¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: The Klaus J. Jacobs Collection 

Literature: Ref.: Wiener Werkstätte archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no.  KI 12016-11, model no. S 4672/1