Kettle

This kettle is part of a silver and ivory tea and coffee service. The luxurious materials, faceted sides, geometric shapes and chunky handles are all features of the continental Art Deco style that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Otto Prutscher (1880-1949) was a talented and versatile Viennese architect and designer. From 1907 he produced numerous designs for glassware, textiles, furnishings, bookbindings, metalwork, silver and jewellery for the Wiener Werkstätte. These exclusive Viennese workshops had been co-founded by the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann whose work strongly influenced Prutscher’s designs. However this service was made by the Viennese company of J. C. Klinkosch, a

Kettle · Vienna (city) · ca. 1920. Silver and ivory. The interior of the milk jug and sugar bowl are gilded.. By Prutscher, Otto. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.