Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Vase

Manufacturer Johann Loetz Witwe

CultureAustrian | Bohemian

Dateca. 1901-1913

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Base: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

InscribedMarked in relief lower side: "L.o. Loets" in script.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number86.347

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 49

DescriptionVase of blown glass cased with opal. Colorless & blue. Almost cylindrical tapering toward bottom & narrow flaring rim. Acid-cut cameo stylized chrysanthemum design & butterfly.

Published ReferencesRobert and Deborah Truitt, COLLECTIBLE BOHEMIAN GLASS II 1915-1945, (Maryland: B&D Glass, 1998) p. 26 color ill. Dr. G. Cappa, 100 ANS D'ART VERRIER EN EUROPE, #247 same, different size & color but same floral design & mark, see pg. 395, although Cappa calls it "L.O. Loetz".