Franz Hofstötter / Lötz Witwe
VASE
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Period 20th century
Origin Austrian
Medium Colourless glass
Dimension 8.5 cm (3³/₈ inches)
Designed by: Franz Hofstötter (probably also décor), 1900
Executed by: Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle
Décor: metallgelb Phänomen Gre 358
Shape: 1900, prod. no. II-353
Colourless glass cased in opalescent glass, base with dark red-brown band, salmon red mouth, bulbous metallic-yellow side, the whole covered with various trailed silver-yellow bands
Franz Hofstötter was commissioned by the Loetz glassworks to design shapes and décors for numerous vases for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. Most probably, he also designed this décor, which was created specifically for the Paris collection.
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Colourless glass
Signature:
Dimension: 8.5 cm (3³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Private property, USA
Literature:
J. Mergl/E. Ploil/H. Ricke, Lötz, Böhmisches Glas 1880–1940, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003, p. 83 ff; J. Lněničková, Loetz, Series II, Paper Patterns for Glass from 1900 to 1914, 2011, p. 65 (paper pattern)
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