Two Handled Bowl
ca. 1925 (made)
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There are two versions of this bowl. The version you see here is made of brass covered with a thin layer of gold. The other version, in silver, was reproduced in the Dekorative Kunst magazine (vol. XXXIV, 1925-6). Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), who designed it, was a highly influential Viennese architect and designer.
In 1903 Hoffmann co-founded the Wiener Werkstätte, the exclusive Viennese workshops inspired by the Guild of Handicraft the English architect and designer C.R. Ashbee had set up in London. The workshops wanted to create good, simple design and new modern forms. They made this piece, with its hammered surface and curvilinear decorative handles, which influenced many silver designs of the 1920s.
In 1903 Hoffmann co-founded the Wiener Werkstätte, the exclusive Viennese workshops inspired by the Guild of Handicraft the English architect and designer C.R. Ashbee had set up in London. The workshops wanted to create good, simple design and new modern forms. They made this piece, with its hammered surface and curvilinear decorative handles, which influenced many silver designs of the 1920s.
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| Materials and techniques | Gilt brass |
| Brief description | Gilt brass, Vienna ca.1925, made by the Wiener Werkstatte, designed by Josef Hoffmann. |
| Physical description | Gilt metal, the cup shaped bowl gadrooned and flared towards the lip, to the edge of which are attached elaborately scrolling strip handles. The stem and foot an inverted trumpet, also gadrooned. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Stamped just below the lip with the monogram of the Wiener Werstatte, that of Josef Hoffman and of the craftsman who made the piece. |
| Credit line | Formerly in the collection of Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read. |
| Object history | This two handles cup was executed in various materials as well as brass: in nickel silver and in silver. According to W. Neuwirth (Wiener Werkstätte 1984, p.191) the brass version is probably the earliest. Its production is demonstrable from 1925 to 1931. |
| Summary | There are two versions of this bowl. The version you see here is made of brass covered with a thin layer of gold. The other version, in silver, was reproduced in the Dekorative Kunst magazine (vol. XXXIV, 1925-6). Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), who designed it, was a highly influential Viennese architect and designer. In 1903 Hoffmann co-founded the Wiener Werkstätte, the exclusive Viennese workshops inspired by the Guild of Handicraft the English architect and designer C.R. Ashbee had set up in London. The workshops wanted to create good, simple design and new modern forms. They made this piece, with its hammered surface and curvilinear decorative handles, which influenced many silver designs of the 1920s. |
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| Accession number | M.41-1972 |
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| Record created | March 15, 2004 |
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