'TISCHUHR', A COPPER, ALABASTER, SILVER AND CORAL CLOCK
'TISCHUHR', A COPPER, ALABASTER, SILVER AND CORAL CLOCK

JOSEF HOFFMANN, FOR THE WIENER WERKSTTTE, KARL KALLERT, SILVERSMITH, CIRCA 1903-1904

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'TISCHUHR', A COPPER, ALABASTER, SILVER AND CORAL CLOCK
Josef Hoffmann, for the Wiener Werksttte, Karl Kallert, silversmith, circa 1903-1904
13in. (34.3cm.) high, 10in. (25.3cm.) wide, 7in. (18.4cm.) deep
stamped with monograms for designer, silversmith and manufacturer, and with Rosenmark on reverse
Provenance
Barry Friedman, New York
Literature
Werner J. Schweiger, Meister und Werke der Wiener Werkstatte, 1990, p. 53

Lot Essay

cf. Anton Jaumann, "Von Primitiven in Der Angewandte Kunst" in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (Vols. 15-16), October 1904-March 1905, p. 551 for an illustration of the clock model. See Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst 1901-1976 (Vol. 2), 1976, p. 141, fig. 244; Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Werksttte: Avantgarde, Art Dco, Industrial Design, 1984, p. 45, fig. 17; Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, 1985, p. 360, cat. no. 13/2/36 for illustrations of the model. See also Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werksttte, 1981, p. 92 for three perspective drawings of the model and p. 93 for an illustration of the clock.

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