Iridescent glass vase Loetz Witwe Pallme-König Bohemia Austria Art Nouveau 19th century
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Large iridescent glass vase, most likely the work of the Loetz* Witwe or Pallme-König** Manufacture, blue-yellow background decorated with amethyst-pink filaments, from Bohemia, Austria, Art Nouveau period, late 19th-early 20th centuries.
This vase is in good overall condition and is of fine quality. Unsigned.
Please note: two small chips on the neck (see red arrows), some small scratches and wear from time, see photos.
Loetz Glassworks, a company specializing in the creation of high-quality glass, was founded in 1836 by Johan Loetz in Klostermuhle, Bohemia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1898, after several years of experimenting with technical variations in the production of art glass, the company issued a patent for the technique of producing deep blue or metallic gold glass, colors for which Loetz is known worldwide. But it was really during the Art Nouveau era that Loetz earned its reputation. Indeed, at the Paris Exposition in 1900, Loetz shared first prize with the famous Art Nouveau glass designers: Tiffany, Gallé and Daum. From 1903 onwards, many Viennese artists worked for the Loetz glassworks, such as Koleman MOSER and Josef HOFFMANN as well as other members of the Wiener Werkstätte. The main designer of the Loetz company between 1903 and 1914 was Maria Kirschner, born in Prague and later living in Paris and Berlin. Unfortunately, the Loetz company experienced serious financial difficulties and was dissolved in 1939. The color and relief of the special and typical iridescence of Loetz glasses give them an extremely refined touch. The innovative and original shapes used by Loetz, inspired by glass objects from ancient Persian and Roman art, are typical of Art Nouveau glassworks. Other equally popular motifs of Loetz are the vases inspired by nature and decorated with original "swan neck" shapes or "peacock" colors in iridescent blue-green tones.
was founded in 1786 and produces iridescent glass (Bohemia). This glassworks was founded in Kamenicky Senov (Steinschönau in German), in Bohemia by Ignaz Pallme-König under the name "Pallme & Ullmann". His grandsons Joseph and Theodor Pallme-König acquired it in 1887. It became "Pallme-König & Habel" in 1889, when Wilhelm Habel, who supplied the whites, merged. In 1900, the company employed 300 workers producing tableware (cut hollow glass) and vases, iridescent bowls. From 1910 to 1919, Joseph Velkik was appointed artistic director and produced asymmetrical blown models with iridescent decorations and meshed with colored glass threads in irregular relief. In 1922, the company acquired the JG Grossmann Sohn refinery, which itself owned the Marienhütte glassworks in eastern Bohemia.