Description & Technical information

JOSEF HOFFMANN
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
VASE

designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1920
executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, 1924, model no. S 5278, S va 10

Date:  1920
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: Silver, chased and hammered
Signature: Marked: JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), Austrian hallmark head of hoopoe (W for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900

Dimensions: 12.5 cm (4⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: a contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, design drawing inv. no. WWF 96-212-3, model no. S 5278
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver