Pair of Vases

Josef Hoffmann

1870 Pirnitz, Moravia 1870 - 1956 1956 Vienna

Pair of Vases

Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number S ga 2-2

Silver

H 15.8 cm, W 11.4 cm

Marks: WIENER/ WERK/ STÄTTE, monogram JH, 900, head of a hoopoe

The vases were manufactured only twice in the year 1924. The pieces are part of a toilet set that was completed in 1926.

Literatur:

cf. WW Archive, MAK Vienna, Photo Archive WWKA 259, WWF 115-3-1
cf. A. Koch, Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XLI, 1917-1918, p. 144 (similar vase)