FRANZ HOFSTÖTTER
About the artist | Munich 1871 – 1958 Bachern |
Designed by | Franz Hofstötter, around 1900 |
Executed by | Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle, for E. Bakalowits Söhne, Vienna, 1900 |
Décor | Phänomen Gre 358 |
Form | cf. 85/3930/I-II |
Dimensions | H 11 cm, Ø 17.5 cm |
Literature | H. Ricke (ed.), Lötz. Böhmisches Glas 1880–1940, Munich, 1989, vol. 2, p. 290 (paper pattern) |
This inkwell features an elegant brass mount and a particularly elaborate and lavish Phänomen décor that was first used by Franz Hofstötter in his seminal vase designs, presented at the 1900 Paris World Exposition.
M07/24