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AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, designed circa 1906, executed 1907-1909
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, designed circa 1906, executed 1907-1909
executed by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna (part)
executed by W. Bachmann & Co. (part)
silver, silver-plated alpaca, stainless steel blades
comprising 45 pieces:
3 dinner forks
2 dinner knives
3 dinner spoons
2 lunch knives
4 lunch forks
4 lunch spoons
6 dessert spoons
7 ice cream spoons
3 egg spoons
6 mocha spoons
5 corn holders
each piece monogrammed RT and some with additional hallmarks including WW, JH, and one Austrian assay marks
'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, designed circa 1906, executed 1907-1909
executed by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna (part)
executed by W. Bachmann & Co. (part)
silver, silver-plated alpaca, stainless steel blades
comprising 45 pieces:
3 dinner forks
2 dinner knives
3 dinner spoons
2 lunch knives
4 lunch forks
4 lunch spoons
6 dessert spoons
7 ice cream spoons
3 egg spoons
6 mocha spoons
5 corn holders
each piece monogrammed RT and some with additional hallmarks including WW, JH, and one Austrian assay marks
Provenance
Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982
Literature
Moderne Vergangenheit: Wien 1800-1900, exh. cat., Knstlerhaus Vienna, 1981, p. 316
W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann: Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1982, pp. 73-127
W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1984, pp. 79, 216-217
Traum und Wirklich keit Wien 1870-1930, exh. cat., Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1985, p. 361
H. Cantz, Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918, exh. cat. Neue Galerie, New York, 2003, p. 143 (for a related example)
C. Lepdor and C. Lévêque-Claudet, eds., À fleur de peau: Vienne 1900, de Klimt à Schiele et Kokoschka, exh. cat. Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 2020, p. 222 (present lot illustrated)
W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann: Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1982, pp. 73-127
W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1984, pp. 79, 216-217
Traum und Wirklich keit Wien 1870-1930, exh. cat., Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1985, p. 361
H. Cantz, Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918, exh. cat. Neue Galerie, New York, 2003, p. 143 (for a related example)
C. Lepdor and C. Lévêque-Claudet, eds., À fleur de peau: Vienne 1900, de Klimt à Schiele et Kokoschka, exh. cat. Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 2020, p. 222 (present lot illustrated)
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