Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte - SILVER BASKET

Date	1909
Period	1909
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	22 cm (8⁵/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1909
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 1548
Marked: JH, WW, two times Austrian hallmark – small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), rose mark

Silver, “blossom pattern” decoration, glass liner missing, repairs at the handle, nice condition

H 22 cm

A total of 12 similar baskets were executed between 1909 and 1910. The details in the Wiener Werkstätte pattern book are imprecise, but our basket obviously differs from the one depicted in the pattern books in terma of number of pattern rows and shape.
Sincere thanks to Dr. Anne-Kathrin Rossberg, MAK Vienna, and Mr. H.S. for this information.

Date: 1909
Period: 1909
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:

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

Dimensions: 22 cm (8⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: private property, Germany

Literature:

Ref.: cf. Wiener
Werkstätte pattern book, Blumenkörbchen (small flower basket), p. 1548

Categories: Silver