Franz Hofstötter
INKWELL
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date around 1900
Period Vienna, around 1900
Origin Austrian
Medium Glass
Dimension 11 x 17.5 cm (4³/₈ x 6⁷/₈ inches)
Designed by: Franz Hofstötter, around 1900
Executed by: Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, for E. Bakalowits Söhne, Vienna, 1900
Décor: Phänomen Gre 358
Shape: cf. 85/3930/I-II
H 11 cm, Ø 17.5 cm
This inkwell features an elegant brass mount and a particularly elaborate and lavish Phänomen décor that was first used by Franz Hofstötter in his seminal vase designs, presented at the 1900 Paris World Exposition.
Date: around 1900
Period: Vienna, around 1900
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Glass
Dimension: 11 x 17.5 cm (4³/₈ x 6⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: H. Ricke (ed.), Lötz. Böhmisches Glas 1880–1940, Munich, 1989, vol. 2, p. 290 (paper pattern)
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