A LAPIS-SET SILVER SWEETMEAT BASKET

DESIGNED BY KOLOMAN MOSER IN 1905, MADE BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE 1905-1913

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A LAPIS-SET SILVER SWEETMEAT BASKET
DESIGNED BY KOLOMAN MOSER IN 1905, MADE BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE 1905-1913
arched handle incorporating twin square-section silver wires, spaced with five silver balls
6½in. (16.5cm.) maximum width; 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) maximum height
Rosemark, WW monogram, designer's monogram, and Vienna hallmark

Provenance

Ella Fries, Baroness von Pereira-Arnstein
Thence by descent.

Lot Essay

See footnote to previous lot
WW Model No. S 352. (See Moser's original drawing, Ref. K.I. 12565/13, reproduced opposite.) The WW MAK archives record that 56 of these baskets were made.
Another example of this design will be included in the forthcoming Wiener Werkstätte centenary exhibition, opening at the MAK, Vienna, December 9, 2003.
cf. Werner Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte. Design in Vienna 1903 - 1932, 1984, p. 58, another example, erroneously ascribed to Hoffmann, illustrated.

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