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Georgian diamond and crystal “Scarab” ring set in gold with a Contemporary miniature painting by Dina Brodsky, c. 1890
Georgian diamond and crystal “Scarab” ring set in gold with a Contemporary miniature painting by Dina Brodsky, c. 1890
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WILHELM AND JOHANN JONASCH Austria
Game table with four drawers c. 1913
Oak, leather top with gold tooled detail
Made by Johann Jonasch (Kunsttischler)
Illustrated: Vienna 1900-1930, Art in the Home,
exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1996), p. 60-1.
Matching dining table illustrated in: Österreichische Werkkultur,
Max Eisler (Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1916) p. 97.
Related tables by Hoffmann illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April-September 1914, p. 140-4; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April September 1916, pp. 199-200; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Oct.-March 1917, p. 207-8; Möbel des Jugendstils: Sammlung des Österreichischen Museums für angewandte Kunst, Vera J. Behal (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1981), pp. 143-5; Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Daniele Baroni and Antonio D’Auria (Milan: Electa Editrice, 1981). pp 124-125.
H: 31” x W: 27 3/4” x D: 27 3/4”
Price: $35,000
WALTER DORWIN TEAGUE (1883-1960) USA
STEUBEN DIVISION, CORNING GLASS WORKS Corning, NY
Architectural “Sphere” bookends c. 1935
Polished clear lead crystal
Marks: Steuben (inscribed on one), 16 and 23 (one number inscribed on each)
Illustrated: House Beautiful, September 1937 and in the Steuben Archive
H: 4 1/2″ x W: 5″ x D: 4 1/4″