Josef Hoffman - Brooch

Date	around 1908
Period	Early 20th century
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	3.7 x 5.3 cm (1¹/₂ x 2¹/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte

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

Silver, malachite (some cracks)

The letters in the centre of the brooch can be read as "E AST". The brooch was a gift to Elsa Ast, née Bacher, a jeweller’s daughter and the wife of physician Wilhelm II. Ast, who was a brother of the master builder Eduard Ast.

Sincere thanks to Dr Heinz Adamek for his kind information.

Date: around 1908
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Dimensions: 3.7 x 5.3 cm (1¹/₂ x 2¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Newly added cat. no. H21/58

Literature:

Ref.: Tretter/Weinhäupl (eds.), Gustav Klimt. Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst, Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, exhib. cat., Vienna, 2016.

Exhibitions: “Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst“, Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016.

Categories: Silver