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Lot Essay
Koloman Moser designed the tureen - the most important component of a dinner service - in the first half of 1904, shortly after the Wiener Werkstätte was founded. In total six examples of this design are known to have existed. However no other pieces have shown up so far. Initially two versions were executed, somewhat different in proportion to the present lotnumber. The tureen made for Hirschwald (illustrated on the previous page) and the one for Leitner were executed in respectively September and December 1904. In 1905 two other pieces were made as a special commission for Felix Kohn and an anonimous Dresden-resident.
This is Moser's biggest design executed in silver. The incorporated tray was meant to be draped with flowers and branches.
A complete service was exhibited at the 1906 Gedeckte Tisch exhibition in Vienna where designs by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann attracted a lot of attention. The Viennese art-critic Bertha Zuckerkandl commented: "(..) gentlemen preferred Hoffmann designs, the ladies crowded around the designs by Moser (..)".
In February 1907 Moser left the Wiener Werkstätte.
See for comparison:
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Band XVI, 1905, p. 544 for the Hirschwald example.
This is Moser's biggest design executed in silver. The incorporated tray was meant to be draped with flowers and branches.
A complete service was exhibited at the 1906 Gedeckte Tisch exhibition in Vienna where designs by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann attracted a lot of attention. The Viennese art-critic Bertha Zuckerkandl commented: "(..) gentlemen preferred Hoffmann designs, the ladies crowded around the designs by Moser (..)".
In February 1907 Moser left the Wiener Werkstätte.
See for comparison:
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Band XVI, 1905, p. 544 for the Hirschwald example.