Lot Essay
This model of cigar holder is registered in the Wiener Werkstätte Archive, MAK, Vienna, under inventory numbers WWF 94-77-11 and WWF 113-53-7.
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AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Cigar Holder, model no. S 1102 and Smoking Compendium, circa 1905
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Cigar Holder, model no. S 1102 and Smoking Compendium, circa 1905
executed by Johann Fessner at the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
silver, clear glass
cigar holder: 4 in. (10 cm) high; 3 7/8 in. (9.6 cm) wide; 3 in. (7.5 cm) deep
smoking compendium: 3 in. (7.6 cm) high; 5 ½ in. (13.3 cm) wide; 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) deep
cigar holder stamped WW, rose mark, artist's monogram JH, maker's monogram JF, and Diana assay mark
smoking compendium stamped WW and Diana assay mark
Cigar Holder, model no. S 1102 and Smoking Compendium, circa 1905
executed by Johann Fessner at the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
silver, clear glass
cigar holder: 4 in. (10 cm) high; 3 7/8 in. (9.6 cm) wide; 3 in. (7.5 cm) deep
smoking compendium: 3 in. (7.6 cm) high; 5 ½ in. (13.3 cm) wide; 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) deep
cigar holder stamped WW, rose mark, artist's monogram JH, maker's monogram JF, and Diana assay mark
smoking compendium stamped WW and Diana assay mark
Provenance
Günther Stefan Asenbaum, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Literature
Schmuck-Tischgerät aus Österreich, exh. cat., Galerie am Graben, Augsburg, 1978, p. 51 for the cigar holder
C. Brandstätter, W.J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 2003, p. 281 for the cigar holder
C. Brandstätter, W.J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, Kunst und Handwerk 1903-1932, Vienna, 2003, p. 281 for the cigar holder
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