Lot Essay
This design was commissioned from Josef Hoffmann at the behest of the Österreichischen Museum für Kunst und Industrie in 1912. Vessels with similar form and decoration were executed in more than thirty color variations.
Cf. Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte, 1995, p. 125 for an illustration of the exact model; Helmut Ricke et. al, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, 1989, p. 272.
Cf. Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte, 1995, p. 125 for an illustration of the exact model; Helmut Ricke et. al, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, 1989, p. 272.