Oswald Haerdtl - SILVER SERVICE

Date	around 1935
Period	Vienna, around 1935
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver, Ivory
Dimensions	21 cm (8¹/₄ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Consisting of: coffeepot, teapot, water jug, milk jug, sugar bowl, sugar tongues

Designed by: Oswald Haerdtl, Vienna, around 1935
Executed by: J. C.
Klinkosch, Vienna, around 1935
Marked: JCK (master's mark Klinkosch), knight’s helmet with visor (master's mark Klinkosch), J. C. Klinkosch, Austrian hallmark – head of toucan (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), 800 fine, hand-forged

Silver, chased and very fine hammered, pots and jugs with finely carved ivory handles, excellent original condition

Coffeepot: H 21 cm

Oswald Haertel studied at Koloman Moser's painting class, later he became Hoffmann’s assistant (auxiliary teacher), and one of the most important masters of Modernism after Hoffmann.

Date: around 1935
Period: Vienna, around 1935
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver, Ivory
Signature:

Marked: JCK (master's mark Klinkosch), knight’s helmet with visor (master's mark Klinkosch), J. C. Klinkosch, Austrian hallmark – head of toucan (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), 800 fine, hand-forged

Dimensions: 21 cm (8¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: private property, Austria

Literature:

Ref.: Hochschule für angewandte Kunst (University of Applied Arts), Oswald Haerdtl 1899–1959, Vienna, 1978, p. 163

Categories: Silver