Flatware set

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.

Artwork Details

Title: Flatware set
Artist: Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, Vienna 1878–1960 Hamburg)
Manufacturer: Wiener Werkstätte
Date: ca. 1910
Medium: Silver and malachite
Dimensions: Other (Napkin ring - a): 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (2.2 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm, 18.144g)
Other (Soup spoon - b): 1 1/4 × 5/8 × 7 in., 0.1 lb. (3.2 × 1.6 × 17.8 cm)
Other (Fork - c): 11/16 × 1/4 × 7 in., 0.1 lb. (1.7 × 0.6 × 17.8 cm, 45.36g)
Other (Knife - d): 9/16 × 3/16 × 7 in., 0.1 lb. (1.4 × 0.5 × 17.8 cm, 27.216g)
Other (Dessert spoon - e): 1 1/4 × 5/8 × 5 5/8 in., 0.1 lb. (3.2 × 1.6 × 14.3 cm, 45.36g)
Presentation box - f: 1 5/8 × 9 1/4 × 5 1/4 in., 0.7 lb. (4.1 × 23.5 × 13.3 cm, 0.3 kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2010
Object Number: 2010.508a–f
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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