Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte - SILVER COFFEE SET

Date	around 1920
Period	20th century
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	20 cm (7⁷/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Consisting of: coffee pot, sugar bowl with lid, sugar tongs, round tray

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model nos. S 5251-5255, 1920/24

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), MADE IN AUSTRIA (3 lines)

Silver, chased and beaten, finely carved ivory handles, finest quality of silversmith craftsmanship, excellent original condition

Tray: Ø 37 cm

Coffee pot: H 20 cm

Date: around 1920
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Dimensions: 20 cm (7⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance:

Private collection, Austria

Literature:

A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archive at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-237-3, model nos. S 5251-5255; Archive of Wiener Werkstätte, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12057-12-2 and KI 12057-12-1

Categories: Silver