Josef Hoffmann - PILLBOX

Date	before 1909
Period	20th century
Origin	Austria, Vienna
Medium	Brass, Gilt Brass, silver, Bead and reel decoration
Dimensions	2 x 5.8 cm (0³/₄ x 2¹/₄ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann/Bertold Löffler, before 1909

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 1433, S 1579S, comp. S 1435

Date: before 1909
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austria, Vienna
Medium: Brass, Gilt Brass, silver, Bead and reel decoration
Signature: Marked: Pill box: JH, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (3 lines), rose mark

Dimensions: 2 x 5.8 cm (0³/₄ x 2¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Private property, Austria and USA

Literature:

Wiener Werkstätte drawings archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna,
inv. no. KI 12534-3, model nos. S
1579, S 1433, S 1435; a contemporary photograph is
preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied
Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 94-108-3

Categories: Silver