Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Fluted serving tray c. 1928 More Information
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Fluted serving tray c. 1928
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Fluted serving tray c. 1928
Handwrought silver plated brass, gilt interior, hand hammered swirled fluting, scalloped edge
Marks: MADE IN AUSTRIA (in a square), JH monogram, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (in a square)
Model illustrated: Josef Hoffmann: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen (Wien: Herausgeber, 1987) p. 185.
Related models illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Werner J. Schweiger (New York,1984) pp. 62,66; Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever, MAK and Prestel-Verlag: Munich, 1992) pp. 172, 174, 189.
Michael Powolny / Wiener Keramik / Wiener Werkstaette / Vienna Secession “Putto mit Hahn” c. 1910
MICHAEL POWOLNY (1871-1954) Austria
BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960) Austria
WIENER KERAMIK Vienna
Putto mit Hahn c. 1910
Glazed white earthenware handpainted with black enamel
Marks: MP (impressed artist’s monogram), WK (impressed company logo in a square), original Wiener Keramik paper label
Exhibited: Frühjahrsausstellung Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe in Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (MAK museum), Vienna, 1912.
Model illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XXXI, October 1912 – March 1913, n.p.; Michael Powolny: Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990) 1912 photograph with the cock sculpture displayed in vitrine from Frühjahrsausstellung Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe, illus. 4, p. 15 and illus. 27, p. 54, cat. no. WV92.
Bilder aus Karlsbad, Wiener Werkstaette, c.1910 Wiener Werkstaette brass bound book “Bilder Aus Karlsbad”, art nouveau brass embossed front and back panels decorated with stylized flowers and scrolling branches by Josef Hoffmann, containing twenty lithographic prints from Wiener Werkstatte postcard designs, depicting views of Karlsbad after various artists including Karl Schwetz, Leopold Dreksler and others, the inside front cover edge inscribed “Wiener Werkstatte” (an example of this booklet is held by the University of Applied Arts in Vienna) circa 1910
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