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  Gisela Falke von Lilienstein / Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik Vienna Secession covered box c. 1902

  GISELA VON FALKE  (b. 1874) Austria
  SCHOOL OF KOLO MOSER Austria
  BERNDORFER METALLWARENFABRIK Berndorf, Austria
  E. BAKALOWITS & SÖHNE Vienna, Austria  [retailer]

  Covered box   c. 1902

  Silver plate mounts and cover, blown “meteor” glass.

  Marks:  BEPWF 1481, maker’s touch marks

  For more information on Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991), p. 221; Metallkunst, Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Karl H. Bröhan (Berlin: Bröhan Museum, 1990) pp. 20-44.

  H: 7″ x W: 8″

  Price: $9,000

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  Sweetser Co. American Arts & Crafts Sterling, Copper and Jade Cigar Box c. 1910

  The Sweetser Co. New York, New York
  (active 1900-1915)

  Covered cigar box c. 1910

  Elaborately etched sterling silver cover with a spherical jade finial and a copper box bottom, wood lined

  Marks: S & E in three separate boxes (2x), STERLING, 2158

  H: 4 3/4″ x D: 6 1/8″ x W: 7 5/8″

  The Sweetser Co. New York, NY was active 1900-1915 and were manufacturers of fancy gold and sterling wares

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  Mitzi Otten-Friedmann / Wiener Werkstaette reverse painted glass and silver brooch, signed c. 1915

  MITZI OTTEN-FRIEDMANN (1884-1955) Austria

  WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932)

  Brooch   c. 1915

  Reverse-painted glass depicting a couple set in a silver frame / back

  Marks: M. OTTEN-FRIEDMANN on the front (right), the reverse stamped: WW, Vienna assay mark for 900 silver

  D: 2 3/8”

  Rosalia Marie Friedmann-Otten (“Mitzi”) * November 28, 1884 Vienna, † May 5, 1955 New York, NY

  Student at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna (with Oskar Strnad), Friedmann-Otten participated in numerous exhibitions (including art shows in 1908, 1920; Neukunstgruppe 1909; German Women’s Art in 1925; Werkbundausstellung 1930). Member of the Austrian Werkbund, the Wiener Werkstätte and the Neukunstgruppe. One of the most versatile artists (commercial art, metalwork, jewelry, fashion, starting from 1920 mainly enamel works, including large-scale email pictures), Friedmann-Otten had to flee in 1938 to the United States.

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  Josef Hoffmann / J. & J. Kohn Vienna Secession Stool c.1907

  JOSEF HOFFMANN  (1870-1956)  Austria
  JACOB & JOSEF KOHN  Vienna

  Stool  c. 1907

  Mahogany-stained beech with upholstery fabric (new) designed by Josef Hoffmann by Backhausen, Vienna

  Illustrated: Jacob & Josef Kohn 1916 catalogue (reprint), p. 37, Model no. 728/s; Klassiker des Modernen Möbeldesign, Dorothee Müller (Munich: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1980) illus. 85, p. 110: Jacob & Josef Kohn catalogue (reprint in Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900 (Vienna: Künstlerhaus, 1981) p. 63; 1909  Jacob & Josef Kohn catalogue (reprint) in Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850- 1946,  Derek E. Ostergard, ed. (New York: The American Ferderation of Arts, 1987) p. 107.

  H: 18″ x Dia: 14″

  Price: $4,250