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Eggcup with Ivy Pattern

Eggcup with Ivy Pattern

Josef Hoffmann

The ivy pattern used for this eggcup is a variant of Hoffmann's Glitterwerk that incorporates stylized plants or flowers. (Skrypzak, Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s, no. 41)
Artist
Josef Hoffmann
(Austrian, 1870 - 1956)
Title
Eggcup with Ivy Pattern
Date
ca. 1910
Medium
Reticulated silver
Dimensions
2 7/8 H x 4 5/8 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession No.
2012.32.5
Classification
Metalwork
Geography
Austria

Related

November 1999, sold by Historical Design, Inc. (New York, NY) to Barbara Mackey Kaerwer (Eden Prairie, MN); 8 November 2012, gifted to Chazen Museum of Art

  • Skrypzak, Joann. "Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s," Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2003. pp. 38, 68, no. 41; pl. 11

  • Design, Vienna 1890s-1930s: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/26/2003–6/29/2003

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