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Wienner Werkstadt Silver & Enamel Pendant

684L
Written by Olly Gerrish

Pieces made by the Wienner Werkstadt company are hard to come by. This is a good silver and enamelled pendant of a stylised lady holding a branch. It is well marked with the Wiener Werkstadt monogram on the reverse. The Wiener Werkstätte was founded in 1903 by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann, both of whom had been key members of the Vienna secession. The primary goal of the company was to bring good design and craft into all areas of life within the fields of ceramics, fashion, silver, furniture, and the graphic arts. It was in keeping with the Vienna Secession’s idea of the Gesamkustwerk– a total work of art. Just as the Vienna Secession had reacted against the old neo-classical style of the ‘Association of Austrian Artists’, the Wiener Werksätte had initially been promoted as a declaration of modernity over the old order. A small pamphlet from 1905 outlined their program: “The limitless harm done in the arts and crafts field by low quality mass production on the one hand and by the unthinking imitation of old styles on the other is affecting the whole world like some gigantic flood…It would be madness to swim against this tide. Nevertheless we have founded our workshop. Where appropriate we shall try to be decorative without compulsion and not at any price” From the onset, the Wiener Werkstätte encouraged its patrons to look beyond the material value of objects and to embrace geometric symmetry over surface ornament.

Item Number
684L
Measurements
Chain length 41 cm
Pendant height 3.3 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Materials
Date & Origin
Provenance
Austrian
Hallmarks
Austrian silver mark
WW for Wienner Werkstatte
Gst
Condition
Excellent
Discovered
6 years ago
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