Description & Technical information
Fine bead-and-reel decoration on base, milk jug gilded interior,
Porcelain inserts supplemented by Augarten Wien, excellent condition
First-class Viennese silversmith craftsmanship.
Designed by: Otto Prutscher, Vienna, around 1908
Executed by: Eduard Friedmann, Vienna
Milk jug: H 11 cm
Cups: H 7 cm
Date: 1908
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: Silver chased, Porcelain inserts
Signature: Marked: jug (master's mark of Eduard Friedmann), Austrian hallmark head of Diana (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000)
Dimensions: 11 cm (4³/₈ inches)
Literature: "The Studio" Yearbook of Decorative Art, 1912, p. 222; photographs: Dorotheum Vienna, Auction Jugendstil und angewandte Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, May 12th, 2015, Lot 251: 156 photos of Thonet furniture, silver and objects of Wiener Werkstätte, most of them of designed by Otto Prutscher.
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver
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