A nine piece flatware service

DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, MANUFACTURED BY THE WIENER WERKSTAETTE, 1904

细节

A nine piece flatware service
Designed by Josef Hoffmann, manufactured by the Wiener Werkstaette, 1904
Comprising:
1 Table Knife
1 Table Fork
2 Dessert Knives
1 Dessert Fork
1 Teaspoon
1 Coffee Spoon
1 Soup Ladle
1 Escargot Fork
Each with tapering handle with four-ball finial
Stamped with designer's mark, WW, rosemark and Viennese poinon (9)

拍品专文

Cf: Waltraud Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann, Bestecke fr die Wiener Wersktätte, Vienna, 1982, pp. 15-26, 29-33
Peter Noever, Josef Hoffmann Designs, Museum fr angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1992, p. 86, pl. 121

The flatware service and serving set from the series 'Flaches Modell' in this and the following two lots, formed part of an extensive service designed by Hoffmann in 1904 for Lily and Fritz Wärndorfer and was exhibited at Der gedeckte Tisch exhibition in October 1906, mounted to coincide with the opening of the new Wiener Werkstätte showroom in the Neustiftgasse.
The original drawings for the service are recorded in the the archive of the Wiener Werkstätte at the MAK in Vienna, Cat. Inv. No. K.I.12086/10 and K.I.12086/13, WWMB 7, pp. 445-446.