JOSEF MARIA AUCHENTALLER 1865-1949
Previously attributed to Koloman Moser
Important Jugendstil Buckle
Maker: Georg Anton Scheid
Gilded silver & enamel
Length: 7cm  Width: 6.4cm
Maker's mark G.A.S & Viennese poincon. 1901. Fitted case

This design by Auchentaller, documented in 1901
pre-dates the Moser design for the Wiener Werkstatte

which was established in 1903.

Literature: cf. Ver Sacrum, vol.8, 1901, p.145

Josef Maria Auchentaller. Designs for Georg Anton Scheid.
Cf. Schmuck in Deutschland und Osterreich 1895-1914

Ulrike von Hase,1977, p.319, no.681, another example illustrated
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