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A Dessert Knife and Fork
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A Dessert Knife and Fork

DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, 1903, MANUFACTURED BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE

Details
A Dessert Knife and Fork
Designed by Josef Hoffmann, 1903, manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte
Flattened rectangular form, ball decoration
7 3/8in. (18.6cm.) length of Knife; 7 1/8in. (18cm.) length of Fork
Stamped with WW mark, Viennese poinçons (2)
Literature
Waltraud Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann. Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1982, pp. 29-36
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This is perhaps the earliest and arguably the purest flatware design created by Josef Hoffmann at the Wiener Werkstätte. As such it remains the starting point for most of the designs which follow including that made for Fritz Wärndorfer the founding patron and commercial director (see comparison of the two sets Neuwirth p. 30).

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