Live Auction 2492Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Lot 229

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

A SILVER CRUET, CIRCA 1905

Closed17 December 2011

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USD 7,500

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
A Silver Cruet, circa 1905
the hammered silver handle inset with three chalcedony cabochons; with two glass bottles
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) wide, 5½ in. (14 cm.) deep
stamped WW, JH monogram and rose trademark

Specialist note

cf. W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann: Bestecke Für Die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1982, p. 24 for an example of a similar model. G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 161 for a similar example.