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  Tapio Wirkkala / Nils Westerback, Pendant Necklace, Lap-gold (18K gold or higher) pendant head with a rigid necklace, marked, 1970

  TAPIO WIRKKALA (1915-1985) Finland
  NILS WESTERBACK Finland

  Pendant Necklace 1970

  Lap-gold (18K gold or higher) pendant head with a rigid necklace
  Makers: Tapio Wirkkala and Nils Westerback
  Marks: 750, three crowns symbols
  Model illustrated in: The Art of Jewelry, Graham Hughes (New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1972), p. 135; Scandinavian Design, Charlotte and Peter Fiell (Köln: TASCHEN, 2002) p. 675; Marianne Aav, Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Gordon Bowyer, et al., Tapio Wirkkala – eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, p. 194, fig. 342 and p. 370

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  Gustav Gurschner, Secessionist / Byzantine Revival bronze vase c. 1905

  GUSTAV GURSCHNER (1873-1970) Austria

  Vase c. 1905

  Cast bronze ovoid shaped vase with decorative Celtic motif, lightly gilded, the body of the vase simulating leather with a rich brown patina

  Signed: GURSCHNER, M180 (stamped in the bronze)

  Related works illustrated: The Studio, Special Summer Number 1906: The Art Revival in Austria, ill. no. D6; Studio Yearbook (London, 1909), pp. 139-140; Vienna Turn of the Century: Art and Design, Fischer Fine Art, exhib. cat. (London 1979), p. 23, illus. 1; Bronzes, sculptors & Founders, H. Berman, (Atglen 1994 III) p. 781, cat. nos. 2893, 2894; Decorative Art 1880-1980, Dan Klein & Margaret Bishop (Oxford, England: Phaidon and Christie’s Limited, 1986) p. 84, illus. 1

  H: 7 1/4″ x D: 7″ x D: 4″

  Price: $14,500

  Gustav Gurschner was born in Tirol, Austria. He attended the Fachschule für Holzindustrie in Bozen from 1885-1888. After three years, his instructors encouraged him to attend the Austrian Museum for Applied Arts’ Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. After finishing his formal training, Gurschner pursued a career as a sculptor of monumental works. It was while he was in Paris in 1897, that he first turned his energies from the application of small-scale, sculptural works to the aesthetic design of household objects. Shortly thereafter, he returned to Vienna to join the Secessionists whose ideals he shared. By the turn-of-the-century, Gurschner was not only one of the better known artists working in Vienna but enjoyed a reputation that extended into other European countries as well.