'TAFELAUFSATZ', A SILVER CENTERPIECE
'TAFELAUFSATZ', A SILVER CENTERPIECE

JOSEF HOFFMANN, FOR THE WIENER WERKSTTTE, ADOLF WERTNIK, SILVERSMITH, CIRCA 1910

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'TAFELAUFSATZ', A SILVER CENTERPIECE
Josef Hoffmann, for the Wiener Werksttte, Adolf Wertnik, silversmith, circa 1910
7in. (19cm.) high, 8in. (21.6cm.) diameter
stamped with monograms for designer and manufacturer, Rosenmark, Austrian silver standard mark and WIENER WERK STTTE on underside of tray, stamped with monogram for manufacturer and with silver standard mark on each leg, stamped with silver standard mark on rim
Provenance
Paul Asenbaum, Vienna

Lot Essay

cf. Von Dr. K. Schaefer, "Die Zukunft Unserer Baukunst und der
Heimatschutz" in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (Vols. 27-28), 1911, p. 168 for an illustration of the tazza model. Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werksttte, 1981, p. 55, fig. 141 and Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930, 1985, p. 352, cat. no. 13/1/54 for illustrations of the present model.

For a later variant, see Wiener Werksttte Atelier Viennois 1903-1932, 1987, p. 156, fig. 8.10 and Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, 1987, p. 134 for illustrations of the tazza form with an additional silver plinth.

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