Tea service | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 50.000-70.000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
Location:
New York
Lot number: 99
Design
Josef HoffmannManufacturer Wiener Werkstätte
Architonic id
4104517
Comprising samovar with stand and burner, teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug and tray
Produced at the Wiener Werkstatte by metalworker Stanislaus Teyc
Alpaka, wooden handles
Stamped to small teapot "Wiener Werkstatte," Rose mark, designer monogram "JH" and metalworker monogram "ST" (7)
samovar: 8 1/2 in. (21.8 cm) high
samovar: 8 1/2 in. (21.8 cm) diameter
teapot: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) high
sugar bowl: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm) high
milk jug: 2 in. (5 cm) high
tray: 13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm) diameter
Provenance:
Miles J. Lourie, New York
Exhibited:
Vienna 1900 - Art, Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986
Illustrated:
Kirk Varnedoe, VIENNA 1900 - ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986, p.124
Literature:
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, WIENER WERKSTATTE 1903-1932, Cologne, 1994, p. 161 (for comparison)
Produced at the Wiener Werkstatte by metalworker Stanislaus Teyc
Alpaka, wooden handles
Stamped to small teapot "Wiener Werkstatte," Rose mark, designer monogram "JH" and metalworker monogram "ST" (7)
samovar: 8 1/2 in. (21.8 cm) high
samovar: 8 1/2 in. (21.8 cm) diameter
teapot: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) high
sugar bowl: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm) high
milk jug: 2 in. (5 cm) high
tray: 13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm) diameter
Provenance:
Miles J. Lourie, New York
Exhibited:
Vienna 1900 - Art, Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986
Illustrated:
Kirk Varnedoe, VIENNA 1900 - ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986, p.124
Literature:
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, WIENER WERKSTATTE 1903-1932, Cologne, 1994, p. 161 (for comparison)
