Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession "Schneckenreiter" c. 1910
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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 Werkstätte / Loetz globe Vienna Secession sonce c.1915
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”
For more information see: The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry, Brian Bibby (Sacramento/Berkeley: Crocker Art Museum, Heyday Books, 1996), p. 90.
Bernhard Amster Austrian Silver “Winged Heart” Covered Box c.1910
BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century) Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH
“Winged Heart” Covered Box c. 1910
Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)
For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)
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