Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1910

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte

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

Silver, chased and hammered, bead–and-reel decoration, silver-plated brass clapper

In a simplified version, Hoffmann used the handle top formed of spheres as early as 1904 when designing the lid of a silver sugar bowl (Jugendstil Auction, Dorotheum, May 2011).

Date:  1910
Period:  Early 20th century
Dimensions: 9 cm (3¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: 

private property, Austria



Exhibitions: MAK Vienna, Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956. Progress Through Beauty, December 2021 until June 2022

Categories: Works of Art