Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann
Executed by: Josef Berger for Wiener Werkstätte, model no. G 0428

Date:  1905
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: silver, Jasper
Signature: Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark head of dog (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000), JB (Josef Berger)

Dimensions: 3.8 cm (1¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: estate of Lyda and Hermann Wittgenstein
Literature: Wiener Werkstätte archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, model no. G 0428, photo volume WWF 91-9-11
Exhibitions: Shown at: MAK Vienna, 2003/04, "Yearning for Beauty. For the 100th Anniversary of the Wiener Werkstätte", cat. no. S 9
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Jewellery, Silver, Works of Art