JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

A HAND-HAMMERED SILVER CAVIAR SERVER WITH HINGED COVER, CIRCA 1920

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
A Hand-Hammered Silver Caviar Server with Hinged Cover, circa 1920
made by Wiener Werkstatte, Vienna, glass liner, together with a mother-of-pearl and silver spoon
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diameter
stamped MADE IN AUSTRIA, artist's mongogram JH, Wiener Werkstätte, and Vienna hallmarks

Exhibited

Vienna, Künstlerhaus, "Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1930," March-October, 1985.

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Lot Essay

cf. H. Hollein and C. Cooke, eds., Vienna: Dream & Reality, London, 1986, p. 39 for an illustration of a caviar service of this model in Hans Hollein's "Vienna Dream and Reality" installation at the exhibition "Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien 1870-1030" at the Künslerhaus, Vienna, March-October, 1985.

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