| About the artist |
Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by |
Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1905 |
| Executed by |
Wiener Werkstätte (comp. model no. S 661, WWMB 30, S 508) |
| Marked |
JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000) |
| Dimensions |
H 24 cm, W 4 cm, D 4 cm |
| Material |
Silver, pierced square latticework, original glass liner, mint original condition |
| Provenance |
private property, United Kingdom |
| Literature |
WW archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, inv. no. Ei 961/1983, photo volume WWF 132, model book WWMB 30, S 508; J. Hoffmann, MAK exhibition catalogue, 1987, pp. 140, 321; Price, Seidel (ed.), Neue Galerie New York and Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Wiener Silber – Modernes Design 1780–1918, 2003, p. 314, no. 170; K. Goubert, Zilvermuseum Sterckshof (ed.), Wiener Werkstätte Silver and Belgian Silver Design, 2010, p. 61 |
