DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, CIRCA 1905, MANUFACTURED BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
Details
A silver cigarette holder
Designed by Josef Hoffmann, circa 1905, manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte
Repoussé decoration of stylised leaves
3.7/8in. (10cm.) high
Stamped with Wiener Werkstätte monogram and Viennese poinçons
Lot Essay
Cf: Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1994, p. 81 (Tazza with comparable decoration)