Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle for E. Bakalowits Söhne, Vienna, 1901
Décor
metallgelb Phänomen Gre 358
Shape
1900, comp. Com 85/3860
Material
Colourless glass cased in opalescent glass, base with dark red-brown band, salmon red mouth, bulbous metallic-yellow side, the whole vase covered with various trailed silver-yellow bands
Dimensions
H 16 cm
Provenance
private property, Austria
Literature
J. Mergl/E. Ploil/H. Ricke, Lötz, Böhmisches Glas 1880–1940, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003, vol. II, p. 286
Commissioned by Lötz, Hofstötter designed a total of 13 vases for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. He developed this décor which was created specifically for the Paris collection.