AN OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS VASE

JOSEF HOFFMANN FOR LOETZ, CIRCA 1912

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AN OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS VASE
Josef Hoffmann for Loetz, circa 1912
The opaque white ground overlaid in black and etched with a geometric bellflower motif
8 1/8in. (20.5cm.) high

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.

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