Wine Decanter
Designer
Joseph Maria Olbrich(Austrian, 1867–1908)Austrian, 1867–1908
Manufacturer
Metallwarenfabrik Eduard Hueck(German, established 1864)German, established 1864
CultureGerman
Titles
- Wine Decanter
Datec. 1901
Made inDarmstadt, Germany
MediumPewter
Dimensions13 3/8 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (34 × 11.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.45
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryKunstlerk Darmstadt, 1904.
Saint Louis Exhibition, 1904.
“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.
“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18–August 10, 2014.
Published References Leo Nachtlicht, Deutsches Kunstgewerbe St. Louis 1904 (Berlin: Wasmuth, 1904), 41, 43. (period photograph of this model exhibited within the dining room of the German section at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair) Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst, Darmstadt 1901-1976, Vol. 4, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe, exhibition catalogue (Darmstadt: Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, 1977), 184, no. 512. Ian Latham, Joseph Maria Olbrich (New York: Rizzoli, 1980), 148. (for period illustration of this model with its suite of cups and tray) Bernd Krimmel, et al, Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908: Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt (Darmstadt: Mathildenhöhe, 1983), 185, 353. (for a design drawing of the main gate of the Darmstadt Künstlerkolonie showing the detail of its textile ceiling, which is evocative of the stylized orb and curvilinear "feathers" on the base of the decanter, and for an example in the collection of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt) Renate Ulmer, Jugendstil in Darmstadt (Darmstadt: Eduard Roether , 1997), 158-159. (for a design drawing and illustration of the model) Joseph Maria Olbrich, Ideen von Olbrich: Seine Welt, Zeige der Künstler die niemals war noch jemals sein wird (Leipzig: Baumgartner’s Buchhandlung), 1904. Joseph Maria Olbrich, Karl-Heinz Schreyl, Kristin Klostermann, Gerhard Bott , Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908: Das Werk des Architekten (Darmstadt: Hessisches Landesmuseum, 1967), cat. no. 201, 156-57. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved maker's marks on bottom: EDELZINN 1865 / E. HUECK (encircled)
Sticker with barcode: 3L5P5 / NO84590026
Sticker with barcode: 3L5P5 / NO84590026
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United States Pottery Company
c. 1852–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware) and pewter
B.57.20.A,.B
