A vase with metal mount, form attributed to Josef Hoffmann, designed on 13.2.1902, Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle for E. Bakalowits, Söhne, Vienna, 1902

production number Com 85/5084; clear glass with light blue underlay and clear top layer; internally decorated with silver-yellow splashes, pulled into pointed lobes from bottom to top; mould-blown, pared-down and with matted iridescence; opening repolished, very slightly chipped; cast mount, brownish patinated; total height: 24.8 cm. (MP)

Provenance:
German Private Ownership.

Literature:
cf Ploil, Ricke, Lötz, vol. 1, Werkmonographie, p. 191; Ploil, Ricke, Lötz, vol. 2, Katalog der Musterschnitte, p. 308, production number: 85/5084; Lötz, Neue Galerie New York, p. 165, no. 127. The mount was delivered to Bakalowits by the Viennese company August Lux on 31.1.1903.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.