AN IVORY AND HAMMERED SILVER TEA-SERVICE

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Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstätte, 1918
AN IVORY AND HAMMERED SILVER TEA-SERVICE
Of lobed form with carved ivory handles and finials, comprising a teapot, a creamer, a sugarbowl with sugartongs, on an oval tray
The teapot 17 cm. high, the tray 44 cm. wide
Stamped marks WW, Wiener Werkstätte, artist's monogram, Austrian duty mark, struck 900 and rose trademark (5)

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Lot Essay

A comparable tea-service was exhibited at the Exhibition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, 1925. Hoffmann designed the Austrian pavillion in cooperation with Oswald Härtl. Silver by the Wiener Werkstätte, including the Hoffmann service, was exposed in showcases painted by Christa Ehrlich.

See for comparison: Annelies Krekel, Modern zilver 1880-1940, Londen/Amsterdam, 1989, p. 211 and p. 203 for a contemporary illustration of the Ehrlich showcase with the silver Hoffmann service. See also:
Der Preis der Schönheit. 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte,
exhibition catalogue, Vienna (MAK), 10 December 2003-7 March 2004, p. 270

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