JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, 1903 |
| Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte, model no. M 0005 |
| Marked | JH, WW in oval, monogram KK (silversmith Karl Kallert), rose mark |
| Dimensions | H 34 cm, W 33 cm, D 27 cm; H 13.4 in, W 13 in, D 10.6 in |
| Material | Copper, chased and hammered, original patina, eight alabaster columns, two columns restored, alpaca dial with enamelled numerals, bevelled and cut glass, capital with gemstone, one week movement with ½ hour and hour strike on bell, movement has been overhauled by an expert clockmaker, delicately cleaned, first class original condition Chased and hammered copper, original patina, eight alabaster columns, two columns restored, alpaca dial with enamelled numerals, faceted and cut glass, chapter with gemstone, week movement with ½ hour and hour strike on bell, movement overhauled by specialist, delicately cleaned, first-class original condition. |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | Wiener Werkstätte photo archives at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, photo inv. no. WWF-97-1-1, model no. M 0005; C. Holme (ed.), The Art Revival in Austria, The Studio Special Summer No., 1906, D18 |
According to the Wiener Werkstätte archives, only two such clocks were manufactured in 1903, the founding year of Wiener Werkstätte: one for Dr. Spitzer and the other for the Kohn company.
This clock is one of the few large and iconic objects, made in the founding year of Wiener Werkstätte, that are again available. Only two such clocks have ever been executed, one silver-plated in copper and the other patinated in copper. Both clocks were sold to wealthy Viennese figures very close to Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte. The alpaca clock was acquired by the Kohn family, the clock we are offering by the Spitzer family, for whom Hoffmann had already designed and furnished a house in the Hohe Warte villa colony in 1900.
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