Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte for Cabaret Fledermaus, model number M 963 (teapot).
Date: Around 1908 Period: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau Origin: Vienna, Austria Medium: Alpaca, Silver-plated, Ebony Signature: Marks: monogram GF, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, rose signet, monogram JH (teapot); monogram GF, rose signet, WW, monogram JH (sugar bowl); monogram GF, rose signet, WW, monogram JH (milk jug); monogram GF, WW (tray)
Provenance:
Berlin private collection
Sotheby´s London, 1 November 1996, lot 21
The former owner Jacqueline Fowler acquired the tea set from the above-mentioned auction.
Literature:
cf WW-Archives, MAK Vienna, design sketch KI 12052-10 resp. KI 12052-12 (teapot)
cf Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte - Avantgarde, Art Déco, Industrial Design, Vienna 1984, ill. p. 103, no 67 (teapot) Minor traces of usage, good original condition H 13 cm (teapot), H 12.5 cm (sugar bowl), H 6.2 cm (milk jug), W 32.6 cm (tray)
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