

318Σ
Josef Hoffmann
Tea service, model no. S se 3
- Estimate
- £50,000 - 80,000
Lot Details
Precious metal, ivory.
1918
Teapot: 15.7 x 26.5 x 16.7 cm (6 1/8 x 10 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.); milk jug: 10.4 x 18.3 x 12.1 cm (4 1/8 x 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.); sugar bowl: 11.2 x 12.7 x 12.2 cm (4 3/8 x 5 x 4 3/4 in.); sugar tongs:
3.3 x 12.6 x 3.9 cm (1 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.); tray: 2.4 x 47.8 x 40.1 cm (0 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
3.3 x 12.6 x 3.9 cm (1 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.); tray: 2.4 x 47.8 x 40.1 cm (0 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria. Comprising teapot (model no. S 4027): marked with rose mark monogram, artist’s monogram, WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE, purity mark 900, Wiener Werkstätte monogram, unidentified mark, Austrian assay mark, and lid with purity mark 900, Wiener Werkstätte monogram, Austrian assay mark; milk jug (model no. S 4211): marked with artist’s monogram, Wiener Werkstätte monogram, WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE, rose mark, purity mark 900, Austrian assay mark, unidentified mark; sugar bowl (model no. S 4209): marked with artist’s monogram, purity mark 900, rose mark monogram, WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE, Wiener Werkstätte monogram, Austrian assay mark, and lid with Austrian assay mark; sugar tongs model no. S 4210): marked with Wiener Werkstätte monogram, artist’s monogram, rose mark, purity mark 900, Austrian assay mark; and serving tray: marked with purity mark 900, artist’s monogram, rose mark monogram, WIENERWERKSTÄTTE, Wiener Werkstätte monogram, and Austrian assay mark.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Both the Wiener Werkstätte invoice no. GO 2035/1976 and inventory number K.I. 12016-8-11 are on file for the present lot at the MAK Vienna, Austria. The present model tea service was exhibited at the 'Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes', Paris, 1925.
Phillips wishes to thank Dr. Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Curator of the Metal Collection and Wiener Werkstätte Archive, MAK, Vienna, for assisting with the cataloguing of this lot.
Phillips wishes to thank Dr. Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Curator of the Metal Collection and Wiener Werkstätte Archive, MAK, Vienna, for assisting with the cataloguing of this lot.
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