Josef Hoffmann, a pair of small vases (or “toothpick holders”), Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1904

silver, square decoration; with enclosed glass liner; the foot marked JH, Diana’s head silver purity hallmark (900), rose mark and WW; the upper section marked WW and with Diana’s head silver purity hallmark; height 6.8 cm. (MP)

Literature:
cf MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive: vase after a design by Koloman Moser, inventory number: WWF 94–62–3; cf “toothpick holder” by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann, inventory number: WWF 97–8–10; cf Huey, Price, Seipel, Wiener Silber, Modernes Design, p. 331, no. 180; cf vase made of galvanised metal by Josef Hoffmann: Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Frühes Industriedesign, n. p.