20th Century Art Deco Augarten Melon Mocha Set by Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1930s, Set of 15

About This Piece

Vintage Design

In 1929, Josef Hoffmann, founder of the legendary 'Wiener Werkstätte, designed this world-famous mocha service. Hoffmann was one of the greatest designers of the 20th century and a member of the 'Vienna Secession' with artists such as Gustav Klimt, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner. Due to its numerous curves, it still places the highest demands on Augarten's porcelain painters when it comes to handling the air brush. The exoticism of the fruit shapes with the perky handle knob as well as the pleasantly grippy handles, whose softly undulating shape elegantly reflects the softly ribbed walls of the vessels, characterise the charisma of this service. Manufactory: Augarten Vienna / Austria Made after 1934 White porcelain, painted, glossy finish Decor number 15/6422 - feather-like line decoration in gray onglaze painting Very rare execution Mocha set for 6 persons / 15 pieces: 1 coffee pot, lidded - height = 17,5 cm / 6.88 in 1 sugar urn with cover - height = 11,0 cm / 4.33 in 1 creamer - height = 8,5 cm / 3.34 in 6 cups - height = 4,2 cm / 1.65 in 6 saucers - diameter = 9,8 cm / 3.85 in Marks: Augarten Wien shield with crown manufactory mark used after 1934 Decor number 15/6422 Painter's number 9 Condition: excellent.

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Creator	Josef Hoffmann
Manufacturer	Josef Hoffmann (Designer) , Augarten Porzellanmanufaktur (Manufacturer)
Production Period	1930 to 1939
Country of Manufacture	Austria
Identifying Marks	This piece is attributed to the above-mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark
Style	Vintage
Detailed Condition	Very Good — This vintage/antique item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use.
Product Code	EMT-1884469
Materials	Porcelain
Color	White
Width	40 cm 40 cm
Depth	40 cm 40 cm
Height	40 cm 40 cm
Weight Range	Standard — Between 40kg and 80kg

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About the Creator

Josef Hoffmann

Architect-designer Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 in Prinitz, Moravia (now Brtnice, the Czech Republic). He studied architecture at the Senior State Commercial and Technical School in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic). After a year of practice in Würzburg, Germany, he moved to Vienna, the city where he would remain for the rest of his life. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts there, and, between 1892 and 1895, studied under both Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. From 1896 to 1897, he worked in Wagner’s Vienna studio. He also became one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists (including Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and others) who favored a modern, experimental approach to the arts. Hoffman’s contributions to several Secession exhibition installations, all influenced by the Art Nouveau-Jugendstil style, helped establish his name. In 1899, he was appointed a professor at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule, a position he held until his retirement in 1936. He taught in the school’s architecture, metalwork, enamel, and applied art departments.

Around 1900, Hoffmann became a proponent of the Gesamtkunstwerk (or total work of art) approach, exemplified through unified architecture and interior design, with an emphasis on craftsmanship. He was cofounder and co-artistic director, alongside Koloman Moser, for the new Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) beginning in 1903. In 1905, he left the Secession, and received the commission to design the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Completed in 1911, the Stoclet was arguably Hoffmann’s most important architectural project.

Throughout his prolific 50-year career, Hoffmann designed everything from textiles to furniture, fashion, jewelry, exhibitions, and buildings for prestigious clients like Lobmeyr and Lötz. Later in his life, he focused primarily on housing projects. Aesthetically, his work evolved from Jugendstil to more minimal, geometric forms and then on toward neoclassicism.

He died in Vienna in 1956.