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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Vase
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Vase

Manufacturer Johann Loetz Witwe
CultureAustrian | Bohemian
Dateca. 1900
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
InscribedMarked in center (diamond point engraved) with Loetz mark for Austrian business.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number86.128
Not on view
DescriptionVase of blown glass. Hexagonally ribbed. Slightly receding cylinder to 1.5" wide hexagonally flaring rim. Green at bottom shading to opalescent rose and iridized.

Published ReferencesMalcolm Haslam. _Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement 1875-1930_. New York: Scribner's, 1977, pg. 103. V. Arwas. _Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco_. pp. 143-149.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1910
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1907
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Glasfabrik Johann-Loetz Witwe
ca. 1902-1903
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1900-1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1900-1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Glasfabrik Johann-Loetz Witwe
ca. 1900-1905
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1901-1913
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1900-1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Johann Loetz Witwe
ca. 1905