Lot No. 9


Josef Hoffmann, a complete five-piece coffee service, model numbers S 5251, S 5252, S 5253, S 5254 and S 5255, Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1920


silver, with delicate hammered decoration; feet slightly flared and fluted; parts of the handles and the cover finials were faithfully reproduced with synthetic materials, since they were originally made of ivory; the service consists of: coffee pot with hinged cover (height 20.1 cm) sugar bowl with cover (height 16.7 cm), milk jug (original name: “Milchkanne”, height 13.0 cm), sugar tongs (length 13.3 cm, width 3.5 cm) and a tray (original name: “Tasse”, height 3.5 cm, diameter 36.5 cm); marked on the underside Wiener/Werk/Stätte, JH, Made in Austria, WW, Diana’s head silver purity hallmark and hoopoe or silver mark and 900. (MP) Literature: MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number WWF 96-237-3 (photograph) and inventory no. KI 12057-12-1 (drawing).

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

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

06.06.2024 - 14:04

Estimate:
EUR 25,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 25,000.-

Josef Hoffmann, a complete five-piece coffee service, model numbers S 5251, S 5252, S 5253, S 5254 and S 5255, Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1920


silver, with delicate hammered decoration; feet slightly flared and fluted; parts of the handles and the cover finials were faithfully reproduced with synthetic materials, since they were originally made of ivory; the service consists of: coffee pot with hinged cover (height 20.1 cm) sugar bowl with cover (height 16.7 cm), milk jug (original name: “Milchkanne”, height 13.0 cm), sugar tongs (length 13.3 cm, width 3.5 cm) and a tray (original name: “Tasse”, height 3.5 cm, diameter 36.5 cm); marked on the underside Wiener/Werk/Stätte, JH, Made in Austria, WW, Diana’s head silver purity hallmark and hoopoe or silver mark and 900. (MP) Literature: MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number WWF 96-237-3 (photograph) and inventory no. KI 12057-12-1 (drawing).

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: 06.06.2024 - 14:04
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 29.05. - 06.06.2024

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