'OCTOPUS' A GLASS VASE
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'OCTOPUS' A GLASS VASE

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'OCTOPUS' A GLASS VASE
MANUFACTURED BY LOETZ, CIRCA 1888
the satin glass with air trap decoration, the exterior enamelled in gilt and black, engraved Pat.9159 to underside (minor wear to enamel)
9in. (22cm.) high
Literature
Lötz, Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940 Band 1 Werkmonographie, Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1989, p.63 for illustrations of vases of similar shapes with this style of decoration. A vase of same decoration also illustrated in Charles Hajdamach, British Glass 1800-1914, Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 1991, p.309, where the author also explains this type of vase had previously been attributed to an unspecified English source mainly due to the patent mark to the underside.
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