Josef Hoffmann, a milk jug, commissioned by Vienna Porcelain Factory Josef Böck, Vienna, 1911–12; manufactured by Schlackenwerth Pfeiffer & Löwenstein, Ostrov nad Ohri/ Schlackenwerth, 1911–12 for the Wiener Werkstätte
porcelain, white glazed, blue linear pattern in on-glaze painting; partly scuffed, traces of use; the underside with stamped company signets Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Josef Böck in black and Schlackenwerth Pfeiffer & Löwenstein Czechoslovakia; height 9.2 cm. (MP)
Literature:
cf MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number: WI 1078–4 (bowl with blue linear pattern) and Ke 10135 (wood moulds for service by Josef Hoffmann); Traum und Wirklichkeit, catalogue, Künstlerhaus, p. 377, cat. no. 13/5/15 (service); see also wood moulds: MAK, Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, p. 258 and p. 320, K 1.
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porcelain, white glazed, blue linear pattern in on-glaze painting; partly scuffed, traces of use; the underside with stamped company signets Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Josef Böck in black and Schlackenwerth Pfeiffer & Löwenstein Czechoslovakia; height 9.2 cm. (MP)
Literature:
cf MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number: WI 1078–4 (bowl with blue linear pattern) and Ke 10135 (wood moulds for service by Josef Hoffmann); Traum und Wirklichkeit, catalogue, Künstlerhaus, p. 377, cat. no. 13/5/15 (service); see also wood moulds: MAK, Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, p. 258 and p. 320, K 1.
