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.
Otto Prutscher / Augarten / Vienna Secession / Biedermeier Style Pair of Vases c. 1926
OTTO PRUTSCHER (1880-1949) Austria
WIENER PORZELLANMANUFAKTUR AUGARTEN
Pair of vases c. 1926
Hand painted and glazed porcelain
Marked: firm’s logo, Wien, Augarten Austria, model no. 5217
Illustrated: Die Kunst, 1926
For more information see: Wiener Keramik: Historismus, Jugendstil, Jugendstil, Art Deco, Waltraud Neuwirth (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Bierman, 1974), S. 409 & 414
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Fluted serving tray c. 1928
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Fluted serving tray c. 1928
Handwrought silver plated brass, gilt interior, hand hammered swirled fluting, scalloped edge
Marks: MADE IN AUSTRIA (in a square), JH monogram, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (in a square)
Model illustrated: Josef Hoffmann: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen (Wien: Herausgeber, 1987) p. 185.
Related models illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Werner J. Schweiger (New York,1984) pp. 62,66; Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever, MAK and Prestel-Verlag: Munich, 1992) pp. 172, 174, 189.
Archibald Knox / Liberty & Co. Tudric charger / tray c. 1902-05
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.
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