LÖTZ WITWE
| About the artist | Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, for E. Bakalowits Söhne, Vienna, 1901 |
| Executed by | Mount: August Lux |
| Décor | Phänomen Gre 358 |
| Form | 1901, prod. no. Com. 85/3865 |
| Dimensions | H 13 cm (with mount), Ø 7 cm |
| Material | Colourless glass with opal underlay, base with band in dark brown-red, metallic-yellow side, salmon-red mouth, the whole covered with trailed silver-yellow bands; lip with gilt brass mount round the edge (one leaf missing), gilt brass base, excellent condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | H. Ricke (ed.), Lötz, Böhmisches Glas 1880–1940, Munich, 1989, vol. 2, p. 286 (paper pattern) |
A particularly lavish Phaenomen décor was used on this vase. It was first used by Franz Hofstötter to decorate his seminal vase designs for the Paris World Exhibition in 1900.
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