Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1925

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, around 1925

Marked: JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), Austrian hallmark – head of Toucan (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, the smaller cup additionally: MADE IN AUSTRIA

 

Silver, chased, hand polished, excellent original condition

 

H 12/13.3 cm

 


Date:  around 1925
Period:  Vienna, around 1925
Origin:  Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature: 

Marked: JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), Austrian hallmark – head of Toucan (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900, the smaller cup additionally: MADE IN AUSTRIA



Dimensions: 13.3 cm (5¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: collection of the Chemnitz entrepenneur and manufacturer Fritz Niescher; via inheritance private collection Dr Müller, Westphalia (Germany)

Literature: 

comp. Wiener Wekstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte design drawing inv. no: KI 12092-2