DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN 1918/1923, MADE BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, 1920S

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A HAMMERED SILVER AND IVORY TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN 1918/1923, MADE BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, 1920s
Comprising: Teapot, Coffee Pot, Cream Jug, Sugar Basin with Cover, Sugar Tongs, Tray
20½in. (52cm.) maximum width of tray, 7¾in, (19.7cm.) height tallest vessel
cream jug with WW mark, designer's monogram, Vienna hallmark and 900, the remaining pieces similarly marked but stamped with WIENER WERKSTÄTTE in place of the WW mark (6)

Lot Essay

cf. Josef Hoffmann Designs, Peter Noever, ed., MAK exhibition catalogue, 1992, design for the present coffeepot 1923, (Cat. No. 142) illustrated p. 100.
See also ibid. related designs dating from 1918 (Cat. Nos. 133 and 134) illustrated p. 97.
This popular design was featured in the Wiener Werkstätte 25th anniversary souvenir publication, illustrated in color together with a purple glass vase of the same design as lot 20. (See lot 57)

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