Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession "Schneckenreiter" c. 1910
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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).
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte / Vienna Secession Oval serving tray c. 1910
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Oval serving tray c. 1910
Silver plated alpaca
Marks: JH monogram, WIENER/WERK/STATTE, MADE IN AUSTRIA (impressed); L 478 a 1 (inscribed)
Illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte: Die Schutzmarken, The Registered Trade Marks, Waltraud Neuwirth (Wien: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1985), p. 221; Wiener Werkstätte, 1903-1932, Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1995), p. 161.
Edward Spencer/Artificers’ Guild (attr.) British Arts & Crafts wrought iron candlesticks c. 1910
Edward Spencer attr. (1872-1938) UK
Artificer’s Guild (1901-42) UK
Pair of candlesticks circa 1910.
Handwrought iron with a squared central support terminating in a attenuated vine like wrap.
H: 10 1/2″ x Dia: 5 1/2″
The Artificers’ Guild Ltd was founded in 1901 by the metalwork and enameler Nelson Dawson (1859-1942). It was one of the few guilds inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement to enjoy real commercial success, and remained in operation until 1938. It was bought out in 1903 by the Birmingham entrepreneur Montague Fordham and established on a more commercial footing, producing domestic metalwork, church plate and furnishings, presentation plate and jewelry.
Fordham promoted Edward Spencer (1873-1938), previously Dawson’s principal designer, to be Director of the Guild’s workshop in Hammersmith. The Guild also had a showroom originally located just off Regent Street. Spencer died in 1938, shortly after the firm was wound up. During its existence, the Guild operated as a substantial business, employing over 40 staff at its peak, including a large number of skilled craftsmen, many of whom would have been trained in the Guild’s workshop. Although unacknowledged for much of the 20th century, the Guild is now recognized as an important producer of high quality metalwork and jewelry during this period.
Reinhold Klaus / Carl Geyling Atelier Vienna “Cubist Man with top hat and flowers” stained glass window c. 1930
REINHOLD KLAUS (1881-1963) Vienna, Austria
CARL GEYLING ATELIER (founded 1841) Vienna, Austria
Man with tophat and flowers c. 1930
Window of stained and hand-painted leaded glass
Provenance: Estate of Carl Geyling (1814-1880), Vienna
H: 17 3/4″ x W: 14 1/2″
Reinhold Klaus studied from 1898-1902 with Alfred Roller at the Kaiserlich-Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. In 1914 Klaus married into the Carl Geyling family and became extensively involved with with stained glass painting. As early as 1918 Klaus worked on a stained glass window for the Siegestempel am Bisamberg in Vienna. In 1934 he became a professor of stained glass painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule, as well as creative director of the C. Geylings Erben glass painting company. Reinhold Klaus, a member of the Künstlerhaus since 1924 received many prizes and honors. He worked on commissions for the St. Veits cathedral in Prague, the St. Stephan cathedral in Vienna and many others.
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte / Loetz globe Vienna Secession sonce c.1915
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870 – 1956) Austria
JOH. LÖTZ WITWE Klostermühle, Bohemia
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1931) Vienna
Wall sconce with Loetz globe c. 1915
Polished brass, wall arm in the form of volute with pearl ribbon, handblown Lötz glass, cobalt Phänomen Gre
Marks: JH, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
For more information see: Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932 Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Cologne: Taschen, 1994); Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Werner J. Schweiger (New York,1984); Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever, MAK and Prestel-Verlag: Munich, 1992); Wiener Werkstätte by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.
Extension from the wall forward: 11 ½”
H top of arch to bottom of globe: 11 ¼”
Diameter of globe: 6 1/2”
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