Description & Technical information

Designed by: Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, Vienna, before 1911
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte

According to the Wiener Werkstätte archive, the hatpin was designed and made for Karl Schlenk, Wien IX, Elisabeth-Promenade 43–45.

Date:  1911
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: Copper gilt, Gilding rubbed off, multicoloured enamel
Signature: Marked: WW

Dimensions: 4.5 x 1.8 cm (1³/₄ x 0³/₄ inches)
Provenance: Private collection, Vienna
Literature: Ref.: A design drawing is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives, inv. no. KI 13232-2
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Jewellery