Josef Hoffmann - TWO OVAL TRAYS

Date	before 1906
Period	before 1906
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	3 x 18.8 x 12.6 cm (1¹/₈ x 7³/₈ x 5 inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, before 1906

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 841

Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), master’s mark AW in circle for Adolf Wernik

Silver, “four-leaf clover pattern” decoration, very good original condition

H 3 cm, W 18.8 cm, D 12.6 cm

Date: before 1906
Period: before 1906
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:

Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), master’s mark AW in circle for Adolf Wernik

Dimensions: 3 x 18.8 x 12.6 cm (1¹/₈ x 7³/₈ x 5 inches)
Provenance: private property, Germany

Literature: A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 94-65-5; design drawing preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the MAK, Vienna, inv. no. KI 12010-14