Lötz Witwe, Loetz - Vase - 'Crete Papillon'' - Iridescent glass

Johann Loetz Witwe, Klostermühle, Austria – Art Nouveau Crete Papillon beaker vase – 1900

The body of this vase is made of Crete glass, a vivid light-green glass, and finished with a green-blue iridescent Papillon decoration from around 1900. This information can be found in the Loetz catalog by Jan Mergl from 2003.

The vase is in excellent condition with only minor signs of age.

The vase is 7.5 cm tall and its widest diameter is about 7 cm.

Photos are part of the description. It is carefully packaged, insured and shipped to your home with a tracking code. We do not ship outside the EU or to countries with a special customs regime.

Lötz/Loetz was founded in 1840 by Johann Lötz and was a Bohemian company that belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1879 a grandson of Lötz, Max Ritter-Von Spaun, took over the business from his grandmother and kept the name Joh. Lötz Witwe.

From that moment Johann Lötz Witwe really began to make a name for itself; they developed new innovative glass techniques, but also their design and vibrant colors were completely new. They designed distinctive shapes and vases, luxurious items, which they sold in upscale shops in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, London, Milan, Brussels and Madrid. It quickly made them very well known and famous.

It was the period when Art Nouveau flourished. They used organic shapes, nature was their model, often the shapes were formed organically by bending the hot glass with pliers to create uneven forms.

Loetz participated in all sorts of World Exhibitions, including the famous Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris. They were awarded numerous prizes for participation in world exhibitions. Their designs proved popular, also in the United States. They were able to produce iridescent glass. In short, Loetz had become a byword. And that remains true today.

Loetz also worked closely with other glass manufacturers and with various artists, such as Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and other artists of the Wiener Werkstätte. In the 1920s, tighter vases were produced, aligning more with the Art Deco style of those years.

Loetz existed until 1940; after a bombing the factory burned down completely.

Loetz glass remains very popular and is collected worldwide; in addition, their body of work can be found in many museum collections.