Franz Hofstötter / Lötz Witwe

VASE

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Period 20th century

Origin Austrian

Medium colourless glass cased in opalescent glass

Dimension 24 cm (9¹/₂ inches)

Designed by: Franz Hofstötter (probably also décor), 1900

Executed by: Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle

Décor: metallgelb Phänomen Gre 358

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 Paris World Fair. Most probably, he also designed this décor, which was created specifically for the Paris collection.


Period: 20th century

Origin: Austrian

Medium: colourless glass cased in opalescent glass

Dimension: 24 cm (9¹/₂ inches)

Provenance: Private property, Germany

Literature: J. Mergl/E. Ploil/H. Ricke, Lötz, Böhmisches Glas 1880–1940, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003, p. 83 ff

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