Josef Hoffmann - SILVER TROPHY WITH OLIVE BRANCH

Date	around 1940
Period	Vienna, around 1940
Origin	Austrian
Medium	silver
Dimensions	26.5 x 7 cm (10³/₈ x 2³/₄ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1940

Executed by: Alexander Sturm

Marked: Austrian hallmark – head of toucan (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), 800 fein, four-leaf clover (trademark of the Sturm company)

Cast silver, chased and hammered.

H 26.5 cm, Ø 7 cm

After the bankruptcy of Wiener Werkstätte, Hoffmann had numerous silver objects manufactured by the Alexander Sturm company, J. C. Klinkosch as well as other Viennese gold and silver smiths. Hoffmann designed this cup for Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich. In the recently published book “Der Späte Hoffmann, Wiener Kunsthandwerk nach 1932“ by M. Kristan and F. M. Bogner, the cup is shown on the front cover.

Date: around 1940
Period: Vienna, around 1940
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:

Marked: Austrian hallmark – head of toucan (W for Vienna, 4 for 800/1000), 800 fein, four-leaf clover (trademark of the Sturm company)

Dimensions: 26.5 x 7 cm (10³/₈ x 2³/₄ inches)
Provenance: private property, Austria

Literature:

Die Pause, 5th year’s issue, Vienna, November 1940, number 11; M. Kristan, F. M. Bogner (eds.), Der Späte Hoffmann, Wiener Kunsthandwerk nach 1932, Vienna 2023