Josef Hoffmann - SMOKING COMPENDIUM

Date	before 1911
Period	Early 20th century
Medium	silver
Dimensions	7.5 x 13 x 9 cm (3 x 5¹/₈ x 3¹/₂ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, around 1908, model
no. S 2327

Marked: WW, Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for
Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)

Silver ivy-leaf pattern, original glass liner, small chip, polished, very good condition

Date: before 1911
Period: Early 20th century
Medium: silver
Dimensions: 7.5 x 13 x 9 cm (3 x 5¹/₈ x 3¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: Günther Stephan Asenbaum, since 1986 private
property, USA

Literature:

cf. a contemporary photograph is preserved in
the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archive at the Austrian Museum of Applied
Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. KI 12032-11; model. no. S 2316, designed by Eduard
Josef Wimmer-Wissgrill, before 1911

Categories: Furniture, Silver