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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