Josef Hoffmann, footed glass with lid depicting a scene at the lake, pattern designed by Hilde Jesser-Schmidt, 1917, a small glass with lid featuring bird decor, raw glass cover by Johann Oertel & Co., Haida

execution of paintwork by the Wiener Werkstätte, clear bubbled glass and clear glass; scenes on a lake with figures, trees and animals, and bird with floral motifs in multicolour transparent and opaque enamel paintwork, small lidded glass partly frosted and finial with brown-gold decoration; large lidded glass marked WW and numbered 27 in black on the underside; height 19.3 cm; small lidded glass marked WW in white on the underside; height 8.7 cm. (MP)

Literature:
MAK, Vienna, order book of the Wiener Werkstätte (sample book), inventory no.: WW MB62, Vienna 1967, p. 74, no. 337, ill. no 44; Bröhan, Glaskunst der Moderne, p. 130, no. 44.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.