(30 pc) Josef Hoffmann Porcelain Mocha "Melon" Set

(30 pc) Josef Hoffmann Porcelain Mocha "Melon" Set

Viennese Modernist Porcelain Coffee Service Obtained from a sale of the estate of Anne Eisenhower. Includes a certificate from the sale stating the following: "Property from the estate of Anne Eisenhower." Set includes: 2 Pots 2 Sugar 2 Creamer 12 Cups 12 Saucers Size of Mocha Pot: 7" tall x 6 1/2" wide (at widest) Size of Cup: 1 3/4" tall x 2 3/8" across (at lip) Set in good condition no chips or cracks. The Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann was a central figure in the evolution of modern design, and a leader in an aesthetic movement born in Europe in the late 19th century that rejected florid, extravagant ornamentation in favor of a new emphasis on simplicity of line. As a founder of the turn-of-the-century Wiener Werkstatte (in English: the Viennese Workshops), a design cooperative that produced superbly crafted furniture and housewares, Hoffmann was a pioneering practitioner of what would become a fundamental principle of modernism: that good design is a way of life.