Property from a Prominent Private Collection
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Josef Hoffmann
"Melon" mocha service
Estimate
$800–1,200
circa 1929
Glazed porcelain.
Mocha pot: 7 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. (18.1 x 16.8 x 10.5 cm)
Executed by Wiener Augarten Porzellanmanufaktur, Vienna, Austria. Underside of each piece printed with manufacturer's mark Wiener and Augarten/Austria, six further inscribed in ink 15 / 5492/19. Comprising 1 mocha pot, 1 sugar bowl, 1 creamer, 9 cups, and 9 saucers (21).