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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
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870 – 1956) Austria
JOH. LÖTZ WITWE Klostermühle, Bohemia
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1931) Vienna
Wall sconce with Loetz globe c. 1915
Polished brass, wall arm in the form of volute with pearl ribbon, handblown Lötz glass, cobalt Phänomen Gre
Marks: JH, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
For more information see: Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932 Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Cologne: Taschen, 1994); Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Werner J. Schweiger (New York,1984); Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever, MAK and Prestel-Verlag: Munich, 1992); Wiener Werkstätte by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.
Extension from the wall forward: 11 ½”
H top of arch to bottom of globe: 11 ¼”
Diameter of globe: 6 1/2”
Price: $19,000
THE VIENNA SECESSION
VIENNA KUNSTGEWERBESCHULE
SCHOOL OF JOSEF HOFFMANN
Architectural vase c. 1905
Glazed earthenware
Marks: Austria 7142, arrow (impressed), 71 79EL0, 4911
H: 11 3/4″ x D: 5 1/2″ x W: 5 1/2″
Price: $4,500
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) UK
LIBERTY & CO. London
Tudric charger c. 1902-05
Pewter with abstract Celtic design in bas-relief
Marks: TUDRIC, 0163, Made in England
Illustrated: Archibald Knox, ed. Stephen A. Martin (London: Artmedia Press, 2001) p 203
Drawing illustrated: Archibald Knox, ed. by Stephen A. Martin (London: Academy Editions, 1995) p 137;
D: 9 9/10”
This British avant-garde charger demonstrates the profound influence of Celtic ornament upon Knox and his highly individual and sophisticated use of these ancient graphic devices of interlocking loops and tendrils.
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