Description & Technical information
JOSEF HOFFMANN
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
BROOCH
designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1908
executed by: Wiener Werkstätte
The letters at the centre of the brooch can be read as "E AST". The brooch was a present to jeweller’s daughter Elsa Bacher who became the wife of physician Wilhelm II. Ast, brother to master builder Eduard Ast.
Date: 1908
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: silver, malachite
Signature: Marked: WW, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana, (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), A (for Vienna)
Dimensions: 3.7 x 5.3 cm (1¹/₂ x 2¹/₈ inches)
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver, Works of Art
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