Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Fluted serving tray c. 1928 More Information
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Fluted serving tray c. 1928
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Fluted serving tray c. 1928
Handwrought silver plated brass, gilt interior, hand hammered swirled fluting, scalloped edge
Marks: MADE IN AUSTRIA (in a square), JH monogram, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (in a square)
Model illustrated: Josef Hoffmann: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen (Wien: Herausgeber, 1987) p. 185.
Related models illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Werner J. Schweiger (New York,1984) pp. 62,66; Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever, MAK and Prestel-Verlag: Munich, 1992) pp. 172, 174, 189.
Archibald Knox / Liberty & Co. Cake tray with handle c. 1902-05
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) UK
LIBERTY & CO. London
Cake tray with handle c. 1902-05
Hammered pewter with stylized leaf and berry motif in relief
Marks: MADE IN ENGLAND, “TUDRIC” RD449032 PEWTER, 0357 SOLKETS (retailer)
For more information see: The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., A.J. Tilbrook (London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976); The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., A.J. Tilbrook (London: Ornament Press, 1976); Archibald Knox, ed. by S. Martin (London: Academy Editions,1995); Liberty’s 1875-1975, An Exhibition to mark the Firm’s Centenary (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1975).
Karl Raichle / Bauhaus Hand Hammered Pewter Candlestick c. 1928
Karl Raichle(1889 – 1965) Meersburg, Germany.
Candlestick c. 1928
Hand hammered pewter in a half sphere and cone form
Marks: Meersburg, 6 7 8 2
For more information on Karl Raichle see: Avantgarde Design 1880-1930,Torsten Bröhan & Thomas Berg (Köln, Benedict Taschen, 1994) p. 101.
H: 3 1/8″ x Dia: 3 1/2″
Price: $2,250
Karl Raichle (1889 – 1965) attended the Bauhaus as a student in the late 1920’s before opening his own metalworkshop in Meersburg. Raichle was a student of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the Bauhaus in Dessau.
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