Lot Essay
Waltraud Neuwirth mentions in her book that buyers for the design included the early Wiener Werkstätte patrons such as "Stoclet, Waerndorfer, Hellmann and Hirschwald".
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FLEDERMAUS CAFE OIL & VINEGAR STAND, CIRCA 1906
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
FLEDERMAUS CAFE OIL & VINEGAR STAND, CIRCA 1906
executed at the Wiener Werkstätte, silvered-alpaca, glass
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) deep
impressed marks WW, Rosemark and JH
FLEDERMAUS CAFE OIL & VINEGAR STAND, CIRCA 1906
executed at the Wiener Werkstätte, silvered-alpaca, glass
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) deep
impressed marks WW, Rosemark and JH
Literature
Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Déco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, pp. 102-3, ill. no. 67 (period photograph)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium