Arts & Crafts, and 20th Century Design - 20th September 2006

Lot 931

An interesting Wiener Werkstatte white metal bottle stopper the designed by Josef Hoffmann

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £580

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Description

An interesting Wiener Werkstatte white metal bottle stopper the designed by Josef Hoffmann, modelled as a bell flower stamped marks 900 WW mark and JH monogram, small repair to finial 10cm. high Gabriele Fahr-Becker Wiener Werkstatte Taschen, page 75 for examples of a similar bell flower, designed by Josef Hoffmann, carved in wood as both wall panelling and a decorative support for a table for the Villa Skywa-Primavesi, Vienna project 1913-1915 Sotheby's Pioneering 20th Century Design, 8th March 2005 lot 33 for an example of a Hoffmann silver bottle top.