Josef Hoffmann - FRUIT BASKET

Period	20th century
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	16.5 x 24 x 19.5 cm (6¹/₂ x 9¹/₂ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, comp. model no. S 1372

Silver, chased and hammered, hand polished, bead-and-reel decoration, excellent original condition.

Period: 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), rose mark, JH, WW, master’s
mark AE (Adolf Erbrich), Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)

Dimensions: 16.5 x 24 x 19.5 cm (6¹/₂ x 9¹/₂ x 7⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Jacqueline Fowler, Connecticut

Literature: Contemporary photographs are preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. nos. WWF 94-106-2; WWF 94-106-1; WWF 187-88; Wiener Werkstätte
archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12033-22; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, XXV, 1910, p. 373

Categories: Silver