Austrian early 20th Century Twin Handled Glass Vase by Loetz

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Austrian early 20th Century Twin Handled Glass Vase by Loetz:
$1350.00

Austrian early 20th Century
Art Nouveau Blue Papillion Vase
by The Loetz Witwe Glassworks
Hickmet Fine Arts
at
Gallery Eighty Five For more information, please email. Description

A very fine late 19th Century Art Nouveau twin handled blue glass vase of bulbous form with petrol blue oil spot iridescence, with excellent detail and colour.

Condition Excellent Original Condition Dimensions Height: 17 cm Country of origin and date Austrian, Circa 1890 Artist The Loetz glassworks existed in Klostermuhle, Austria, for just over a hundred years, starting from 1840. But its heyday was during the life-time of Max Ritter Von Spaun, grandson of the original Johann Loetz who had founded the company. Von Spaun took over the company in 1879 and ran it until 1908, a year before his death. He was assisted by Eduard Prochaska, his technical specialist, and together they invented, designed and produced a whole series of wonderful new types of glass, taking out several patents and winning awards at all the major world exhibitions during the 1890\'s and the first years of the new century. The Loetz company were amongst the leaders in Art Nouveau design and expecially in irridescent art glass. \"Papillon\" glass, which is sometimes known today as \"oil spot\" glass. Another favourite Loetz colouring was irridized glass with pulled trails called \"Phenomenon\" glass. There were irridized vases with ribbons of metallic colours winding over the surface, and many spectacular designs with applied trails of beautiful colours, or simply pulled out of the body of the glass to form handles or decoration.
About 1900 the company started collaborating with outside designers, and some great artists designed pieces for Loetz, notably Joseph Hofmann, Koloman Moser, Maria Kirchner, and Hofstatter. In 1908 Loetz was taken over by Max Von Spaun\'s son, also called Max, and there were several great designers whose work was produced by Loetz during those years and through the art deco period. These included Adolf Beckert and Michael Powolny. Retail Value $ 3,000 - $ 4,000 About us We are a family company established in 1936, based in the United Kingdom and now being operated by William and David Hickmet. The business operates from both 117 Kensington Church Street, London W8 7LN and Gallery Eighty Five, 85a Portobello Road, London and exhibits at prestigious datelined antiques fairs throughout the year. David Hickmet is regularly a vetter of major antiques fairs in the United Kingdom, and the United States. Membership We are members of the following Associations: LAPADA - London And Provincial Antique Dealers Association
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