Vase with World's Fair decoration, Paris 1900 – Franz Hofstötter

Franz Hofstötter
Vase with World's Fair decoration, Paris 1900

Shape No. 810, on a round base with a triple-indented body and flared lip. H. 11 cm. Execution: Loetz, Klastersky Mlyn. Overlaid glass, opal yellow and colorless, decoration of vertically dashed silver-yellow threads, blue and silver-yellow thread decoration in the upper part of the body, wavy and distorted with teardrop-like tips, metallic yellow, strong pearlescent matte luster. Phänomen Gre 353. Signed in the ground pontil: Loetz Austria (engraved).

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Estimate: 3,000 € - 5,000 €

182A - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
16. June 2026 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Cf. Ploil/Sharp, Loetz 1900, Vienna 2017, pp. 42 f.; cf. Ricke/Ploil, Lötz Böhmisches Glas, Vol. 1, Munich, 1989, p. 134, No. 107; the decoration was one of Franz Hofstötter's designs for the Paris World's Fair. It is one of the most elaborate Phänomen genres ever created; ibid., Vol. 2, p. 119 (shape).

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