LOETZ AUSTRIA 1900 ART NOVEAU IRIDESCENT GLASS AMPHORA VASE

A SMALL MINIATURE GLASS VASE DESIGNED BY LOETZ.

AN ART NOVEAU PIECE, CREATED IN KLOSTERMUHLE BOHEMIA, AT THE TURN OF THE XIX CENTURY, AROUND THE 1900'S. A VERY NICE SMALL EXAMPLE MADE AT THE JOHANN LOTZ WITWE COMPANY. 

IS A LITTLE BEAUTIFUL FLUTED VASE CRAFTED WITH MULTI IRIDESCENT GLASS IN THE SHAPE OF AN AMPHORA WITH TWO TINY HANDLES.

THE LOETZ GLASS WORKS WAS THE PREMIER BOHEMIAN GLASS FACTORY IN AUSTRIA, EXISTED IN KLOSTERMUHLE BOHEMIA, PART OF THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE (1867-1919), FOR JUST OVER A CENTURY, STARTING IN THE 1840. BUT ITS HEYDAY WAS DURING THE LIFE TIME OF RITTER VON SPAUN, GRANSON OF THE FOUNDER JOHANN LOTZ WITWE. VON SPAUN TOOK OVER THE COMPANY I THE 1879 AND RAN UNTIL 1908, A YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH. HE WAS ASSISTED BY EDUARD PROCHASK, HIS TECHNICAL SPECIALIST AND TOGETHER THEY INVENTED AND PRODUCED A WHOLE SERIES OF WONDERFUL NEW TYPES OF GLASS. 

THIS PIECE HAVE A MEASURES OF 3.5 BY 2.16 Inches.

IS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND PROBLEM FREE WITH NO CRACKS.

INVENTORY REF: D0000MNNG/.1111