Josef Hoffmann - CENTREPIECE

Date	1905
Origin	Austrian
Dimensions	10 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (3⁷/₈ x 6¹/₂ x 6¹/₂ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1905

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1904, model no. S 347

Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, master’s mark JW (Josef Wagner), Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000), on the side: Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000), small a (Austrian hallmark),

Silver, chased and hammered, hand polished, 23 moonstone cabochons, excellent original condition

H 10 cm, 16.5 cm x 16.5 cm

According to the Wiener Werkstätte model books two such centerpieces were executed on 10 March 1905.

Date: 1905
Origin: Austrian
Dimensions: 10 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (3⁷/₈ x 6¹/₂ x 6¹/₂ inches)
Provenance:

private property, Austria

Literature:

A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 93-12-1, model number: S 347; cf. Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1905, p. 547