Josef Hoffmann, a smoking companion set: ‘Rauchleuchter No. 32’, single lighter with matchbox and ashtray, Wiener Werkstätte, before 1911

brass; beaded decoration; signs of age and use; marked on the underside with monogram Stanislaus Teyc, monogram Josef Hoffmann, rose mark and Wiener/Werk/Stätte; two small screws missing on the underside; height 5.5 cm, length 11.3 cm, width 6 cm. (MP)

Provenance:
Austrian Private Ownership.

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, inventory number: KI 12123-25. Text on the object: “Leuchter für normale Zünder die Zünder müssen mit der Schachtel wegen anzünden hineingehen”.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.