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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, 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, c. 1910
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Piano lamp c. 1910
Original nickel plated brass with a period silk shade
Marks: WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, JH monogram, rose mark
For more information see: Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever (Munich: MAK and Prestel-Verlag, 1992), Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Déco, Industrial Design, Waltraud Neuwirth (Vienna: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1984).
Overall length: 19″ ; Overall height: 10″ Base: 6″ square, H: 1″ to 1 3/4″ ; Dia Shade: 6″; Silk shade: 9″
Price: $24,500
JAIPUR, MUGHAL INDIA
Enameled and gem set gold Cup and Saucer c. mid-19th Century
High carat yellow gold (22-24 carat) cup and saucer set with a fine emerald, ruby and diamonds, the cup with a high foot with rounded sides and handle formed of two snakes intersecting at three points and biting the rim. The exterior is decorated with red, green, blue and white enamels with roundels containing combatant animals on a ground of floral sprays, the saucer with gently rounded sides decorated with lobed cartouches containing warriors combating tigers and birds, the underside with a series of oval panels containing peacocks and hummingbirds.
Provenance: a gift from a European diplomat in the 1930’s-40’s, and thence by descent.
Saucer: Dia: 5 1/4;
Cup: H: 2 3/4″ (with handle) x Dia: 2 5/8″
Similar animal decoration can be found in an epaulette attributed to Rajesthan, probably Jaipur, in the Khalili Collection (Pedro Moura Carvalho, Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, London, 2010, p. 225, no. 120. A related cup and saucer with similar animal depictions was sold at Christie’s (Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, London, 21st October 1993, lot 350.
KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918) Austria
“Die Quelle III, Flächenschmuck” portfolio 1900
Published by V. Martin Gerlach & Co., Wien
Dimensions:
Book: H: 10” x W: 12”
Custom leather box: H: 11 5/16” x W: 12 5/8” x D: 2 1/8”
Custom silk slipcase: H: 12 ¼” x W: 13 3/16” x D: 2 9/16”