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Flatware set

Carl Otto Czeschka Austrian
Manufacturer Wiener Werkstätte

ca. 1910

Not on view

Czeschka officially joined the Wiener Werkstätte in 1905 and resigned three years later to take a teaching post at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule. He did, however, continue to submit designs and exhibit with the Wiener Werkstätte until 1915, becoming a leading disseminator of the style. The pattern on this flatware is a fine example of the exuberance of Czeschka’s well-documented floral designs for jewelry, metalwork, graphics, textiles, and theater sets and costumes.

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Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

Flatware set, Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg), Silver and malachite

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a - napkin ring

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b - soup spoon

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c - fork

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d - knife

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e - dessert spoon

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f - presentation box

Title: Flatware set

Artist: Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg)

Manufacturer: Wiener Werkstätte

Date: ca. 1910

Medium: Silver and malachite

Dimensions: Napkin ring - a: 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (2.2 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm)
Soup spoon - b: 1 1/4 × 5/8 × 5 5/8 in. (3.2 × 1.6 × 14.3 cm)
Fork - c: 11/16 × 1/4 × 7 in., 0.1 lb. (1.7 × 0.6 × 17.8 cm)
Knife - d: 9/16 × 3/16 × 7 in. (1.4 × 0.5 × 17.8 cm)
Dessert spoon - e: 1 1/4 × 5/8 × 7 in., 0.1 lb. (3.2 × 1.6 × 17.8 cm)
Presentation box - f: 1 5/8 × 9 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.1 × 23.5 × 13.3 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Silver

Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2010

Object Number: 2010.508a–f

Chronology

Central Europe (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland), 1900 A.D.-present

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