Lot Essay
The Viennese firm of Bakalowitz Söhne was the most important business partner of the glass manufacturers Loetz, and Hoffman designed a series of vases for the company in 1899. The surface decoration of the glass was known as Olympia Optisch, and was first introduced by Loetz in 1896.
Examples of Hoffmann's designs for Bakalowitz were exhibited at the V111th Secession Exhibition in Vienna in 1900
Cf. Dekorative Kunst, Vol.4, 1901, p.177, 178, 230, similar model illustrated
Helmut Ricke, Tomas Vlcek, Alena Adlerova, Ernst Ploil, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Munich 1989, p.108, no.70
Examples of Hoffmann's designs for Bakalowitz were exhibited at the V111th Secession Exhibition in Vienna in 1900
Cf. Dekorative Kunst, Vol.4, 1901, p.177, 178, 230, similar model illustrated
Helmut Ricke, Tomas Vlcek, Alena Adlerova, Ernst Ploil, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Munich 1989, p.108, no.70