Description & Technical information
Designed by: Dagobert Peche, Vienna, around 1920
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 4809 – S sh 48 (AZ) 2880
Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), monogrammed P with star for Dagobert Peche, 900, MADE IN AUSTRIA, WW, the symbols of Mercury (Austrian export mark), triangle (most probably American import mark);
on base: 900, WW
Silver, chased and hammered, bead-and-reel decoration, hand polished, connection between base and bowl soldered, very good original condition
H 14.6 cm, Ø 24 cm
This centrepiece was executed only once. According to the model book kept in the Wiener Werkstätte archives, this centrepiece was executed on 11 December 1926. It thus seems to have been commissioned after Dagobert Peche’s death.
Sincere thanks to Dr Anne-Katrin Rossberg for this information.
Date: 1920
Period: Vienna, around 1920
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:
Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), monogrammed P with star for Dagobert Peche, 900, MADE IN AUSTRIA, WW, the symbols of Mercury (Austrian export mark), triangle (most probably American import mark);
on base: 900, WW
Dimensions: 14.6 x 24 cm (5³/₄ x 9¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: private collection, USA
Literature: A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-233-6; WW archives, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12005-14
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