Description & Technical information

Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number M ga 2/1 - 2/4

Ashtray: H 4.7 cm, D 10.5 cm
Cigarette bowl: H 7 cm, D 9.9 cm
Cigar bowl: H 11.6 cm, D 12.5 cm
Tray: H 3.5 cm, D 32.5 cm

Date:  Around 1922
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna, Austria
Medium: Brass, Hammered décor
Signature: 

Marks: ashtray: WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, monogram JH, MADE IN AUSTRIA
All other pieces: WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, monogram JH

Dimensions: 4.7 x 10.5 cm (1⁷/₈ x 4¹/₈ inches)
Literature: 
cf WW-Archives, MAK Vienna, Photo-Archives WWF 114-9-3
cf Sales catalogue of the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna 1928, ill. p. 401, no M ga 2/1 - 2/4
cf Werner J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte. Kunst und Handwerk 1903 - 1932, Vienna 1982, ill. p. 66
cf Exhibition catalogue "Le Arti a Vienna. Dalla Secessione alla caduta dell'impero Asburgico", Palazzo Grassi, Venice 1984, ill. p. 276, no 4

Categories: Works of Art