Historical Design I Wolfgang Gessl Unique sterling silver Arc pitcher with acrylic handle 1990

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Wolfgang Gessl Unique sterling silver Arc pitcher with acrylic handle 1990

WOLFGANG GESSL (b. 1949) Austria

Arc pitcher – unique 1990

Hand wrought silver in a rounded arching form with a cylindrical luminous yellow-green acrylic handle

Marks: Wolfgang Gessl (script impressed signature), WO.GE (in a rectangle), Swedish assay mark for Stockholm, 925 (silver guarantee in a rectangle), Q10 (in a rectangle)

Illustrated: Gold and Silversmith Wolfgang Gessl: Exceeding Geometry, Kerstin Wickman, p. 17, cover.

H: 13 1/2″ x W: 10 ¼” x D: 4 ½”

Price: $27,500

Wolfgang Gessl was born in 1949 in Vienna, Austria and trained as a goldsmith with Professor Hans Angerbauer. Upon moving to Sweden, Gessl studied under the eminent silversmith Sigurd Persson at Konstfack, the National University of Art, Craft and Design in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wolfgang Gessl has had fifteen solo exhibitions including shows at The National Museum, Stockholm and The Royal College of Art in London. His metalwork has been widely exhibited in Sweden, Europe and the U.S and his pieces can be found in many private collections throughout the world. He has taught at Konstfack for more than twenty-four years, and continues to live and work in Stockholm.

Category: Archive. Tags: 1990, acrylic, Arc, handle, pitcher, silver, Sterling, unique, with, Wolfgang Gessl.

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The New York silver firm known today as ‘Dominick & Haff’ originally began with the name ‘William Gale & Son’ in 1862. It went through a series of ownership and name changes to become Dominick & Corning in 1867, Gale and Corning in 1869, Gale Dominick & Haff in 1870 and Dominick & Haff in 1872. In 1929, Dominick & Haff was purchased by the silversmith/ manufacturing company of Reed & Barton of Taunton Massachusetts.

Wolfgang Gessl Unique sterling silver Arc pitcher with acrylic handle 1990

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