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KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918)
Lot 426 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HIDA TAKAYAMA MUSEUM OF ART

KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918)

Important Presentation Clock for Margarete Stonborough-Wittgenstein and Dr. Jerome Stonborough, 1905

Closed9 December 2022

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USD 150,000–250,000

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KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918)
Important Presentation Clock for Margarete Stonborough-Wittgenstein and Dr. Jerome Stonborough, 1905
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna
ebonized wood, silver, mother-of-pearl
20 5/8 x 15 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (51.6 x 39.4 x 36.2 cm)
marked MW JS 7 JANVAR 1905

Margarete Stonborough-Wittgenstein and Dr. Jerome Stonborough, Berlin, 1905
Oskar Schmidt, Vienna
Wiener Kunst, 20 April 1994, lot 340
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

An archival photograph of the present lot is registered in the Wiener Werkstätte Archiva, MAK (Museum für angewandte Kunst), Vienna, under inventory number WWF 99-30-5.

This clock was commissioned as a wedding gift for Margarete Wittgenstein and Jerome Stonborough, married January 7, 1905.