Roseberys London
Lot 59
Loetz (Austrian), an iridescent ‘prototype’ Phaenomen Genre glass vase with six handles, c.1901/2, ground out pontil,Having six pulled loop handles and wavy rim, decorated with vibrant green iridescence on a puce ground with some random iridescent spots, with a Silberiris interior,16 cm high, approximate width 21.5 cmProperty from a Private Collection Literature: Ricke, Helmut et al, ‘Lötz Bohmisches Glas 1880-1940, Band I, Werkmonographie’, Prestel-Verlag, 1989, p.146, 131 (a three handled vase with similar decoration illustrated), the text records the decoration as unknown and goes on to comment that the form is related to a series of vases with handles that were designed around 1901/1902 and that “..since the colours of the strongly contrasting decoration are completely unusual for Loetz, it is reasonable to assume that it is a one-off piece made in 1901 for experimental purposes or a prototype” (translated).A few tiny open bubbles and some speck inclusions from the making process. Some rubbing to surface of iridescence on the inside of the wavy rim, and some wear to interior centre and with deposit residue. Natural wear to underside on base.
