Live Auction 594220th Century Decorative Art & Design
Christie’s roundel
Lot 178

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1950)

ASPARAGUS TONGS, DESIGNED 1907

Closed30 September 2009

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GBP 5,625

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1950)
ASPARAGUS TONGS, DESIGNED 1907
silver, executed by Johann Fessner for the Wiener Werkstätte, stamped Austrian poinçon, WW, JH, JF, Rosemark
7¼ in. (8.5 cm.) long

Wittgenstein Family and thence by descent.

Specialist note

Neuwirth notes that six examples of this design were manufactured by
Bachmann & Co in 1908 (contemporary cost 18 Kronen), and one example
was manufactured in 1913 by the Wiener Werkstätte (contemporary cost 27 Kronen).