A small Art Nouveau bonbonniere, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, circa 1910
A small Art Nouveau bonbonniere, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, circa 1910Silver-plated. Of round, cylindrical form. The tightly-fitting cover finely decorated with a relief of leaves and blossoms, after a sketch by Berthold Löffler currently kept in the MAK/Wiener Werkstätte Archive in Vienna. The underside stamped "WW", "WIENER WERKSTÄTTE", rose mark and artist's monogram "JH". Diameter 5.6 cm, height 2.5 cm.Josef Hoffmann (1870 Pirnitz - 1956 Vienna) was a student of Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He met Joseph M. Olbrich there and founded the artists' association Vienna Secession. In 1903, he and the graphic artist Koloman Moser founded the Wiener Werkstätte, for which he designed several products.Condition: II
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A small Art Nouveau bonbonniere, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, circa 1910Silver-plated. Of round, cylindrical form. The tightly-fitting cover finely decorated with a relief of leaves and blossoms, after a sketch by Berthold Löffler currently kept in the MAK/Wiener Werkstätte Archive in Vienna. The underside stamped "WW", "WIENER WERKSTÄTTE", rose mark and artist's monogram "JH". Diameter 5.6 cm, height 2.5 cm.Josef Hoffmann (1870 Pirnitz - 1956 Vienna) was a student of Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He met Joseph M. Olbrich there and founded the artists' association Vienna Secession. In 1903, he and the graphic artist Koloman Moser founded the Wiener Werkstätte, for which he designed several products.Condition: II
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