Online Pamono No. 238 Patrician Champagne Glasses by Josef Hoffmann for Lobmeyr, Vienna, Austria, 1890s, Set of 4

Champagne bowls from the drinking service No. 238 Patrician
• Client: J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna
• Design: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1917
• Manufactory: Bohemian Manufactory, Bohemia

Original glasses made of extremely thin muslin glass, some with small inclusions/air bubbles, which differ in size and quality from the reproductions from Lobmeyr Vienna

DESCRIPTION
Drinking service No. 238 Patrician: “These glasses look so fragile at first glance that one would be afraid to use them, but thanks to the internal elasticity of the glass and the logical formal construction, they have an astonishing resistance” Schmidt 1925, Like Strnad, Hoffmann chose undecorated thin for this service – a bell-shaped cuppa is supported by a thin thread-like stem muslin glass. Internally it was referred to as a “bell shape with a high straw stem”. Hoffmann designed a bottle and several glasses for wine, water and beer, as well as a matching finger bowl. The bottle stopper also formed a small glass. The glasses in this service were made in several glassworks, in addition to the glassworks in Theresienthal by Ludwig Moser & Söhne, Karlsbad. This service is still in production today. As one of the company’s most popular services, it represented them at numerous exhibitions. For the export range, the resounding name “Patrician” was added.

• MAK exhibition collection VIENNA 1900. Design/Decorative Arts 1890–1938

Josef Franz Maria Hoffmann (born December 15, 1870 in Pirnitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary; † May 7, 1956 in Vienna) was an Austrian architect and designer. with the artist Koloman Moser and the industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer, he was a founding member and one of the main representatives of the Wiener Werkstätte. with his designs and works, he is also referred to as a forerunner of the Art Deco style.