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  Oswald Haerdtl / J. C. Klinkosch Vienna Hand mirror c. 1940

  OSWALD HAERDTL  (1899-1959)   Austria
  J.C. KLINKOSCH  Vienna

  Hand mirror c. 1940

  Handwrought and hand hammered silver in a contoured organic form, the top inset panel is turquoise and peach colored champleve enamel with silver cloisons in the form of a meandering branches.

  Marks:  J.C.K. (maker’s monogram), Klinkosch touch marks, 800 and toucan mark (Vienna silver standard marks)

  For more information and other works see: Oswald Haerdtl 1899-1959, introd. Johannes Spalt (Vienna: Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, 1978); Oswald Haerdtl, Architekt und Designer (1899-1959), Adolphe Stiller (Salzburg: Verlag Anton Pustet, 2000); Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York:  Harry N. Abrams, 1989).

  L: 10 1/2″

  Price: $4,200

  Haerdtl shared an architectural practice with Josef Hoffmann in the early 1930s, was later honored by the Austrian government to design the Austrian pavilion at the 1937 International Exhibition in Paris.

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  Scandinavian Art Nouveau “Wisteria” bronze photo frame c.1910

  SCANDINAVIAN ART NOUVEAU

  “Wisteria” bronze photo frame  c.1910

  Elaborately detailed, acid etched and multi-patinated bronze table top photo frame with gilt details of a cascade of wisteria blossoms, leaves and vines.

  Overall Frame: H: 12” x W: 7 ½”
  Oval photo window opening H: 5 ½” x W: 4”

  Price: $3,650

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  Tlingit Tribe / Northwest Coast Chevron / diamond storage basket, late 19th Century, early 20th Century

  TLINGIT TRIBE / NORTHWEST COAST

  Chevron/diamond storage basket, late 19th Century, early 20th Century

  Handwoven split conifer root (buff), bear grass (white), woodwardia fern stem dyed with alder bark (rust), maidenhair fern stem (black), willow shoots

  For more information see: The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry, Brian Bibby (Sacramento/Berkeley: Crocker Art Museum, Heyday Books, 1996), p. 90.

  H: 8 1/2” x D: 11”

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  Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession “Schneckenreiter” c. 1910

  MICHAEL POWOLNY  (1871-1954)  Austria
  BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960)  Austria
  VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK  Vienna

  Schneckenreiter  c. 1910

  Glazed white earthenware hand-painted with black enamel

  Marks: conjoined WK (in a square), KG with flower (in a square), 81 (impressed)

  ***Extremely rare Powolny model in black and white.

  Model illustrated: Michael Powolny:  Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990), p. 50, illus. 20, cat. no. WV43;  Vienna 1900, Vienna, Scotland and the European Avant-Garde, Peter Vergo (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1983), p. 63, plate 19; “Austrian Architecture and Decoration,” The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 1911 (London: The Studio, 1911), p. 233.

  This model may also be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Inventory number 604, 1966).

  H: 7″ x W: 7 3/4″ x D: 4″

  Price: $10,500