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Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Piano lamp 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
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Piano lamp c. 1910
FRANTISEK BIBUS Czechoslovakia
Architectural covered decanter with spherical stopper c. 1910
Silver mount with a rectangular handle cut out on a cut paneled crystal body, round crystal silver mounted stopper.
Marks: FB (maker’s mark) in a rectangle cartouche, Vienna assay mark for 800 silver
For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991).
H: 7″ x Dia: 3 1/2″
Price: $6,500
EMIL HOYE (1875-1958) Bergen, Norway
MARIUS HAMMER (1847-1927) Norway
Four-quadrant sweets tray c. 1910
Handwrought silver with fluted border detail
Marks: MH (conjoined monogram of Marius Hammer), 800 (silver standard mark), 5294
For further information see: Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940 (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992), p. 218; Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York: Abrams, 1989) pp. 243, 255
H: 1 5/8” x 8 5/8” square