Description & Technical information

Designed by: Dagobert Peche, Vienna, 1920

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 5073, no. S 5074, no. S 5075

Coffeepot: H 32.5 cm, 

Milk jug: H 10.7 cm, 

Sugar bowl: H 13 cm, 

Tray: 47 cm x 51 cm

Date:  1920
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna, Austria
Medium: silver, Chased and hammered, Bead and reel decoration, Ivory handles, Finial replaced in ivorine
Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), monogrammed P with star for Dagobert Peche, MADE IN AUSTRIA; 900; the symbols of Mercury (Austrian export mark)

Provenance: 

Private collection, England



Literature: 

M. Eisler,
Dagobert Peche, Vienna, 1925, p. 27; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 52,
1923, p. 99; Moderne Bauformen XXIV, 1925, p. 281; Archives of Wiener
Werkstätte, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12704-5 and KI 12668-7-2, model nos. S 5073-5075; a contemporary photograph is
preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum
of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-224-1;
P. Noever, MAK (ed.), Der Preis der Schönheit, 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte,
Vienna, 2003, p. 338; P. Noever (ed.), Die Überwindung der Utilität, Dagobert
Peche und die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1998, p. 213, p. 338



Categories: Silver