Lot No. 52


Bertold Löffler, A butterfly box (“Bonboniere mit Libelle”), model number 144, designed in around 1910, executed by Vereinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik, 1913-1918


cylindrical box with domed lid, decorated with a large butterfly on a rose; light-bodied ceramic, glazed white and black; restoration to the wings, the lower part with firing crack and slightly chipped overall; the underside embossed with model number 144 and painted in black 3 and H. F., embossed workshop signets; height 15.1 cm. (MP) Literature: MAK, Vienna, Photographic Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory no.: WWF 89-30-6; Arlt, Weilinger, Wiener Keramik, p. 274f.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

03.04.2024 - 14:26

Realized price: **
EUR 380.-
Starting bid:
EUR 200.-

Bertold Löffler, A butterfly box (“Bonboniere mit Libelle”), model number 144, designed in around 1910, executed by Vereinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik, 1913-1918


cylindrical box with domed lid, decorated with a large butterfly on a rose; light-bodied ceramic, glazed white and black; restoration to the wings, the lower part with firing crack and slightly chipped overall; the underside embossed with model number 144 and painted in black 3 and H. F., embossed workshop signets; height 15.1 cm. (MP) Literature: MAK, Vienna, Photographic Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory no.: WWF 89-30-6; Arlt, Weilinger, Wiener Keramik, p. 274f.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 03.04.2024 - 14:26
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 26.03. - 03.04.2024


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