Fine Arts & Crafts (including Martin Ware) - 21st June 2023
Lot 396
A Wiener Werkstätte silver and malachite tray designed by Josef Hoffmann for Palais Stoclet
Estimate £10,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £230000
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Description
A Wiener Werkstätte silver and malachite tray designed by Josef Hoffmann for Palais Stoclet Brussels, model S1133, made by Alfred Mayer, the flat, square section tray with a band of elliptical panels, set with square malachite panels, central cylindrical stem with disk finial, set with square malachite panels,
stamped Wiener Werkstätte marks, JH monogram, AM monogram,
31cm. square, 31cm. high 1168 grams (total weight)
Provenance
Palais Stoclet, for Adolphe Stoclet,
Catalogue notes
The original drawing (WWF 94-79-3 MAK archive) listed as 'Fruit Attachment' and was designed pre 1908. There were two examples made for the Palais Stoclet in 1908.
Literature
Jane Kallir Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstätte, Thames & Hudson, page 64 figure 66 for a contemporary photograph of a wedding table exhibited at Der Gedeckte Tisch, (The Laid Table), featuring two comparable trays designed by Josef Hoffmann, 1906.