JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Lot 424 AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, circa 1906-12 and 1925-30

Closed9 December 2022

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USD 163,800

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
'Rundes Modell' Flatware Service, circa 1906-12 and 1925-30
executed by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna
silver, silver-plated alpaca, stainless steel blades
comprising 206 pieces:
fifteen dinner forks
ten luncheon forks
fifteen salad forks
ten fruit forks
twelve fish forks
four cake forks
nine dessert forks
fourteen dinner knives
thirteen luncheon knives
ten fruit knives
twelve fish knives
four dessert knives
eighteen butter knives
one crab knife
two spreaders
fourteen soup spoons
three ice cream spoons
four tea spoons
two sugar spoons
ten demi tasse spoon
twelve mocha spoons
nine marmalade
one serving spoons
one soup ladle
one punch ladle
stamped WW and with Josef Hoffman's cypher, rose trademark, and 900
8,635.7 grams (approximate weighable silver)

Christie's, New York, 24 May 1984, lots 272, 273, 274, 275
Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984