Burner

This burner is part of a luxury silver and ivory tea and coffee service. Its function was to heat the tea urn to provide a supply of hot water to top up the teapot. The use of luxury materials, the faceted sides, and geometric chunky handles are all features of the Art Deco style that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The designer, Otto Prutscher (1880-1949), was a Viennese architect and a talented and versatile designer. From 1907 he produced numerous designs for glassware, textiles, furnishings, bookbindings, metalwork, silver and jewellery for the Wiener Werkstätte. These exclusive Viennese workshops were co-founded by the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann whose influence on his own

Burner · 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.