Josef Hoffmann, 12-piece cutlery service, designed in Vienna, c. 1902/03,
consisting of: 6 knives and 6 forks; knife handles and forks made of silver; marked with silver purity hallmark Diana’s head (800) and B & Z; length of knife: 23 cm; length of fork: 20.8 cm. According to information supplied by the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), the present cutlery service was designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Kohn family. A comparable cutlery service was executed by Alexander Sturm for Lydia Wittgenstein (c. 1906). (MP)
Literature:
cf MAK – Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, model number K. I. 12086-58;
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, exhibition catalogue Der Preis der Schönheit - 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte, Ostfildern-Ruit 2003, p. 33, Z 36 and p. 437;
cf hallmark B & Z, digital photograph of a hallmark in: MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, metal archive and Wiener Werkstätte archive, inventory no. PZ 235 (created by Johann Babirad).
Esperta: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
04.12.2017 - 16:00
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EUR 7.000,- a EUR 12.000,-
Josef Hoffmann, 12-piece cutlery service, designed in Vienna, c. 1902/03,
consisting of: 6 knives and 6 forks; knife handles and forks made of silver; marked with silver purity hallmark Diana’s head (800) and B & Z; length of knife: 23 cm; length of fork: 20.8 cm. According to information supplied by the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), the present cutlery service was designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Kohn family. A comparable cutlery service was executed by Alexander Sturm for Lydia Wittgenstein (c. 1906). (MP)
Literature:
cf MAK – Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, model number K. I. 12086-58;
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, exhibition catalogue Der Preis der Schönheit - 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte, Ostfildern-Ruit 2003, p. 33, Z 36 and p. 437;
cf hallmark B & Z, digital photograph of a hallmark in: MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, metal archive and Wiener Werkstätte archive, inventory no. PZ 235 (created by Johann Babirad).
Esperta: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
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