Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1908
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 1033, 1908 until 1911

In the archives of the Wiener Werkstätte our set is called the "eight-sided inkwell".

Date:  1908
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: silver, Ivy-leaf pattern, Glass liner
Signature: Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), Austrian hallmark head of Diana, (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), AW (master's mark of Adolf Wertnik)

Dimensions: 9.5 x 21 x 17 cm (3³/₄ x 8¹/₄ x 6³/₄ inches)
Literature: photo archives of Wiener Werkstätte, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, photo inv. no. WWF 94-71-7, model no. S 1033; drawing archives of Wiener Werkstätte, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, inv. no. KI 12069-8-1
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver