Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte / Vienna Secession Oval serving tray c. 1910
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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.
Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession “Schneckenreiter” c. 1910
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).
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).
Josef Hoffmann Table for J & J Kohn, Vienna Secession c.1915
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
JACOB & JOSEF KOHN Vienna, Austria
Oval occasional table c.1915
Model no. 960/4
Ebony stained beech
Marked: original Jacob & Josef Kohn paper label
Illustrated: Jacob & Josef Kohn: Bentwood Furniture, der Katalog von 1916 (München: Verlag Dry, 1985), p. 69;
Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, Ghenete Zelleke, Eva B. Ottilinger and Nina Stritzler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993) p. 88.
Michael Powolny / Gmundner Keramik / Vienna Secession Vase Model No. 289 c. 1912
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).
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