Josef Hoffmann - SILVER TEA SET

Period	20th century
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	42 cm (16¹/₂ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte,1918, model nos. S 4074, S 4076, S
4077, S 4078, S 4079

Silver chased and hammered, fine bead-and-reel decoration, finely carved ivory handles, finest quality of silversmith craftsmanship, tray repaired on base, four minor defects on the raised edge (under the rim), except for the tray very good original condition.

Tray: W 42 cm, D 37 cm, teapot: H 17 cm, sugar bowl: H 14 cm,

sugar tong: L 11 cm, creamer: H 11 cm

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

Dimensions: 42 cm (16¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: private property, Spain

Literature: A contemporary photograph is preserved in the
Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK),
Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-189-5; Wiener Werkstätte archives at the, Austrian
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12055-23, KI
12055-26, KI 12055-27-1

Categories: Silver