Josef Hoffmann / Alexander Sturm - 181-Pice Set of Silver Cutlery

Date	1902
Period	20th century
Origin	Vienna
Medium	silver
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1902
Executed by: Alexander Sturm

Consisting of:
18 large knives and 18 forks, 16 large spoons,
16 entrée knives and 16 entrée forks, 6 entrée spoons,
15 coffee-desert spoons, 15 desert-fruit knives and 18 desert-cake forks,
16 mocha spoons,
12 ice-cream spoons,
1 butter knife,
1 cheese knife,
1 large soup ladle,
1 sauce spoon,
3 large serving-sauce spoons,
2 large ice server,
1 large meat fork, 2 small serving-meat forks,
a pair of salad servers,
1 cake server.

Date: 1902
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: silver
Signature: Marked: four-leaf clover (company's mark for Alexander Sturm), Austrian hallmark, head of Diana (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000).

Provenance: 67 pieces from the estate of Prof. Alfred Roller, an important Viennese stage designer and artist; 73 pieces from the estate of an Austrian k. &. k. officer; the remaining pieces from other estates
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver