Auction House

Auction: Art Nouveau & Design

07. December 2022, 6:00 pm

Object overview
Object

1327

Josef Hoffmann

(Pirnitz 1870 - 1956 Vienna)

„Ink blotter and paperweight“
Wiener Werkstätte, 1904/05
silver-plated alpaca, original wooden top and blotting paper with traces of use (blotter); lead/iron copper-plated and silver-plated (paperweight); each marked with rose mark, "WW", designer's monogram "JH" and marked "KM" for metalworker Karl Medl; surface slightly stained, with beautiful old patina
4.3 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm (paperweight), 14.3 x 6.5 x 7.3 cm (ink blotter)

Literature

Wiener Werkstätte-archive, MAK Vienna: model no. M 0412 and 0413; Inv. no. WWF 97-13-6 (contemporary photograph)

Estimate: € 20.000 - 40.000
Auction is closed.