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Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte Brass Candleholder and Match Safe 1906

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Candlestick holder and match safe 1906
Hand wrought brass with beading around the perimeter of the edges
Marks: JH monogram, WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE, rosemark
Model illustrated: Österreichische Werkkultur, Max Eisler (Vienna: Österreichischer Werkbund, 1916). (slipcovered); Wiener Werkstätte G. M. B. H. catalog (December 1923), p. 114
H: 1 3/4″ x D: 2 5/16″ x W: 4 1/2″
Price: $4,500
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte Brass Candleholder and Match Safe 1906
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Cruet Set c.1922
Silver plated stand with original cut crystal paneled bottles
Model illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte G.M.B.H. catalog (December 1923), kat. nr. M di 5, p. 406. (This WW catalogue is in the collection at the Rare Books Department of the New York Public Library)
H: 6 1/2″ x D: 2 1/8″ x W: 6 3/4″
Price: $6,500
SARA SAX (1870-1949)
ROOKWOOD POTTERY Cincinnati, OH
“Poppy” pitcher 1906
High fire ceramic with “Iris” glaze depicting five salmon pink poppies in various stages of blooming all on a rare handled pitcher form.
Marks: RP insignia, VI (1906), SAX (intertwined for Sara Sax), 772
For more information on Rookwood see: The Book of Rookwood Pottery, Herbert Peck (New York: Bonanza, 1968) pp. 60, 63, 64, 112, 140, 146, & 156 ; American Ceramics: The Collection of Everson Museum of Art, ed. Barbara Perry (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1989) p.108.
H: 8 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/2″
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).
H: 7″ x W: 7 3/4″ x D: 4″
Price: $10,500