JOSEF HOFFMANN

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About the artist Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna
Designed by Josef Hoffmann, before 1906
Executed by Wiener Werkstätte, model no. S 841
Marked JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), master’s mark AW in circle for Adolf Wernik
Dimensions H 3 cm, W 18.8 cm, D 12.6 cm
Material Silver, “four-leaf clover pattern” decoration, very good original condition
Provenance private property, Germany
Literature A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 94-65-5; design drawing preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the MAK, Vienna, inv. no. KI 12010-14

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