Vase
Manufacturer
Loetz
Designer
Michael Powolny
CultureAustrian
Dateca. 1915
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6597
Not on view
Description"Paperweight style" vase of mold blown ribbed glass. Slight flare at bottom and a horizontal bulge 2" up. Flaring rim on three attached solid round cobalt blue feet and an attached narrown cobalt rim. Blue and silver narrow horizontal swirl cased with chartreuse with silver-blue "cut through" vertically vine like design to show chartreuse and clear layer outside. Polished pontil.Published ReferencesChristies Amsterdam sale 5/15/85, #50 ill. p. 15 (a 24.5 cm (c. 1920) example, est. Dutch Florin 2,000-2,500); LOTZ:BOHMISCHES GLASS 1880-1940, BAND 2, KATALOG DES MUSTERSCHMITTE, p. 240, #1120/18 cm (sketch showing this shape).
Loetz
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