0006
Josef Hoffmann
(Pirnitz 1870 - 1956 Vienna)
„Mocha service“
Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1908
silver, porcelain, black stained wood; Service consisting of: 12 Mocha cups, 12 spoons, 1 tray, 2 almond bowls, 1 cream can and 1 lidded box; silver mount with Décor "Efeu gebuckelt"; each marked with "WW" and Diana head hallmark, partially with designer monogram "JH", metalworker monogram "JH" for Josef Holi, "WIENER WERKSTÄTTE", rose mark and silversmith monogram probably "AB"
h. 4.8 cm (cup incl. insert), l. 9 cm (spoon), 2 x 32 x 21.2 cm (tray), h. 3 resp. 3.5 cm (almond bowls), h. 5.5 cm (cream can), h. 6.4 cm (lidded box)
Literature
Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte. Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design. Vienna 1986, p. 98, illus. 64;
Wiener Werkstätte archive, MAK Vienna: Inv.-no. KI 12052-35 (Design, cup and spoon); Inv.-no. WWF 94-95-1, model no. S 1103 and S 1075 (contemporary photograph, Cup and Spoon)
Estimate: € 10.000 - 20.000
Realized price: € 35.500 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Hammer Price: € 27.000
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