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Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte / Vienna Secession Oval serving tray c. 1910

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Oval serving tray c. 1910
Silver plated alpaca
Marks: JH monogram, WIENER/WERK/STATTE, MADE IN AUSTRIA (impressed); L 478 a 1 (inscribed)
Illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte: Die Schutzmarken, The Registered Trade Marks, Waltraud Neuwirth (Wien: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1985), p. 221; Wiener Werkstätte, 1903-1932, Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1995), p. 161.
H: 1 3/4″ x W: 14″ x D: 11 3/4″
Price: $5,800
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte / Vienna Secession Oval serving tray c. 1910
CHRISTIAN NEUREUTHER (1869-1921) Germany
WÄCHTERSBACHER STEINGUTFABRIK Germany
Cake tray c. 1906
Blue, gold and green glazed earthenware, silvered copper openwork mount
Marks: KAW CN mark, 911
For a related cake tray and information on Wächtersbach and Neureuther see: Wächtersbacher Steingut, Heinz and Lilo Frensch (Königstein im Taunus, Germany: Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1978), pp. 38-78, 137.
W: 17 ½” x D: 13 ½”
Price: $1,350
AMERICAN ART DECO
Sterling Coffee and tea set on silverplate tray c. 1935
Sterling Coffee and Tea Set: Sterling with exotic wood finials and finials
Marks: 925, Sterling
Tray: Silverplated brass
Marks: Silverplated On Brass, PM Italy, Argente
Coffee pot: H: 7 ½” x Tea pot: H: 6 ¼” x Creamer: H: 3 ¾” x Sugar: 3 3/8”
Tray: 13 9/16″ square
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) UK
LIBERTY & CO. London
Tray c. 1902-05
Pewter with abstract Celtic floral design in bas-relief
Marks: Tudric, 0161, 6
For more information see: Archibald Knox, ed. by Stephen A. Martin (London: Academy Editions, 1995) ; Liberty Design 1874-1914, Barbara Morris (London: Pyramid Books, 1989); The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., A.J. Tilbrook (London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976)
L: 9 1/2″ x W: 6″ x H: 1/4″
MICHAEL POWOLNY (1871-1954) Austria
GMUNDNER KERAMIK Vienna
Vase c. 1912
White glazed pottery with black striped division and four black glazed ball feet
Marks: GK (in a square) 289, D/3
For more information see: Michael Powolny: Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990); Wiener Keramik, Historismus, Jugendstil, Art Déco, Waltraud Neuwirth (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1974).
H: 6 1/8″
Price: $3,850