JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1922 |
| Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte, model nos. S 5369 – S se 8-1, S 5370 – S se 8-2, S 5371 – S se 8-3, S 5372 – S se 8-4, S 5373 – S se 8-5 |
| Marked | JH, WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), WW, Austrian hallmark - head of hoopoe (W for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900 |
| Dimensions | Tray: W 48 cm, D 45 cm, teapot: H 26 cm, sugar bowl: H 18 cm, sugar tongs: L 12 cm, creamer: H 15.5 cm |
| Material | Silver chased and hammered, teapot and creamer with ivory spacers (these replaced), handles of finely carved double twisted ivory, lids with stylized pinecone finials, finest quality of silversmith craftsmanship, excellent original condition |
| Provenance | private collection, United Kingdom |
| Shown | MAK Vienna, Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956. Progress Through Beauty, December 2021 until June 2022 |
| Literature | Contemporary photographs in the Wiener Werkstätte photo archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-236-1 and WWF 137-11-1; design drawings inv. no. KI-12056-22, KI-12056-23-1, KI-12056-24-1, KI-12056-24-2, KI-12056-25-1 |
MUSEUM-QUALITY SILVER TEA SERVICE consisting of: Teapot, creamer, sugar bowl with lid, sugar tongs, tray.
The Wiener Werkstätte pattern book records the production of 3 such tea sets – one each in 1922, 1924 and 1926. Josef Hoffmann also exhibited one of these sets at the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925.
In 2014, we showed an identical set at the TEFAF (catalogue number 30), which we had acquired in the USA and sold to a renowned art collector.
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