Description & Technical information

Designed
by:
Josef Hoffmann, Vienna 5.1.1928



Executed
by:
Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S se27/2, S se27/3, S
se28/2, S se28/3



Marked:
JH, rose mark, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), Austrian
hallmark – head of hoopoe (W for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, MADE IN AUSTRIA
in square



Silver, chased and hammered, walnut
handles, finest silversmith work, excellent original condition



Teapot: H 13
cm,
creamer:
H 11 cm,
sugar bowl: H 8,5 cm, tray: W 42
cm, D 25 cm



Josef Hoffmann designed this service for the 25th
anniversary of the Wiener Werkstätte.



Provenance: private property, USA

Newly added cat. no. H21/71

Date:  1928
Medium: silver
Dimensions: 13 cm (5¹/₈ inches)
Literature: 

Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Museum of Applied
Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12057-26; Deutsche Kunst und
Dekoration, offprint, Darmstadt, June 1928, ill. o.p.