Josef Hoffmann - Butter Knife and Crayfish Fork From the "Flat Model" Cutlery Serie

Date	1903/04
Period	20th century
Origin	Vienna
Medium	silver
Dimensions	15 cm (5⁷/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
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JOSEF HOFFMANN
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE

BUTTER KNIFE AND CRAYFISH FORK
from the "flat model" cutlery series

BUTTER KNIFE: L 15 cm
CRAYFISH FORK: L 16 cm

designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1903/04
executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, around 1906

Date: 1903/04
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: silver
Signature: BUTTER KNIFE: works no. S 843
marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark (900/1000), silversmith JW? (Josef Wagner)

CRAYFISH FORK: works no. S 204
marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)

Dimensions: 15 cm (5⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: W. Neuwirth, J. Hoffmann, Bestecke für die WW, p. 29 f, ill. pp. 45, 65
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver