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ANTIQUE #SA1021128

Loetz Creta Papillon Vase With Dimpled Body

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Art Nouveau Loetz iridescent glass vase in the Creta Papillon Décor – green on green glass. With 4 dimples to the body of the vase and with 4 pinched areas to the top. Made c 1895-1900. In excellent original condition. Polished pontil. A beautiful and elegant piece. Unsigned
 
c 1895-1900
 
Excellent original condition
 
Approx height 16cm 14.5 cm at widest point
 
Few glassworks have exploited the bluish-green combination of cobalt, copper and iron more successfully than that founded in 1840 by Johann Loetz in Klostermuhle, Bohemia, which was within the Austro-Hungarian empire during most of its period of operation. Even though Loetz died in 1848, the Loetz factory was initially operated by his wife under the name Glasfabrik Johann Loetz-Witwe (the Widow Johann Loetz Glassworks). It retained that name until its closing during the Second World War. By the early 1880s the Loetz works had acquired a reputation as a manufacturer of fine glass, produced under the direction of Loetz’s g...
Antique SA1021128 shown on this page was made in 1900. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1900
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