Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956) for the Wiener Werkstätte A Silver and Ivory Tea Service, designed 1918 hammered silver, carved ivory handles and finials, bulbous rosette-shaped body with gadrooned covers, comprising teapot, sugar bowl and creamer teapot 16.5cm high, stamped maker's marks, designer's monogram, Diana's head .900 standard, assay mark for Vienna and Swedish duty hallmarks (Stockholm) Fußnoten The designer's pencil sketches for the design of this service are illustrated in Josef Hoffmann Designs (MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna), edited Peter Noever Prestel, 1992, p. 97, pls. 133 and 134. A six-piece set of this model, without tray and dated 1918-20, is in the collection of the Osterreichische Museum für angewandte Kunst. A set of the same design was exhibited at the Exhibition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925.
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956) for the Wiener Werkstätte A Silver and Ivory Tea Service, designed 1918 hammered silver, carved ivory handles and finials, bulbous rosette-shaped body with gadrooned covers, comprising teapot, sugar bowl and creamer teapot 16.5cm high, stamped maker's marks, designer's monogram, Diana's head .900 standard, assay mark for Vienna and Swedish duty hallmarks (Stockholm) Fußnoten The designer's pencil sketches for the design of this service are illustrated in Josef Hoffmann Designs (MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna), edited Peter Noever Prestel, 1992, p. 97, pls. 133 and 134. A six-piece set of this model, without tray and dated 1918-20, is in the collection of the Osterreichische Museum für angewandte Kunst. A set of the same design was exhibited at the Exhibition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925.
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