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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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  Michael Powolny / Wiener Keramik Vienna Secession “Putto” vase c.1910

  MICHAEL POWOLNY  (1871-1954)  Austria
  BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960)  Austria
  WIENER KERAMIK  Vienna

  Putto mit Füllhornvase  c. 1910

  Glazed white earthenware handpainted with black enamel.

  Marks: MP (impressed artist’s monogram), WK (impressed firm logo in a square)

  Exhibited: Frühjahrsausstellung Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe in Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (today the MAK museum), Vienna, 1912.

  Model illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XXXI, October 1912 March 1913, n.p.; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XXXIII, October 1913-March 1914, n.p.; The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art 1913 (London, 1913), p. 218; Wiener Keramik, L.W. Rochowanski (Leipzig and Wien: Thyrsos Verlag, 1923) n.p.; Michael Powolny:  Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990) 1912 photograph with the horse sculpture displayed in vitrine from Frühjahrsausstellung Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe, illus. 4, p. 15, illus. 16, p. 33, cat. no. WV 132.

  H: 8 9/16″ x Dia: 5 3/4″

  Price: $8,000

   

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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

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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.