Lötz Witwe, Loetz - Vase - Variant 157 - Glass

Johann Loetz Witwe – Art Nouveau vase – 1915

Immediately after Michael Powolny’s success with striped decoration on seven models for the Cologne Werkbund exhibition in 1914, the factory began producing this popular decoration on other models and in different color variations. This decoration is known as Ausführung 157 and is characterized by a vertical line pattern in white or black on solid colored opal glass. It is also notable that the rim of the vase was finished with a fine white or black edge.

This vase was executed in transparent dark blue glass with white vertical stripes and a white vase rim. It is almost unbelievable that this decoration is more than 100 years old. It fits perfectly in a modern vintage interior.

The vase is in very good condition with only minor signs of aging. Beautifully ground pontil. We note a tiny flaw in one of the white vertical stripes (see photo).

The vase is 10.5 cm high and about 11 cm in diameter.

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 and to (e)y countries with a special customs status.

Lötz/Loetz was founded in 1840 by Johann Lötz and was a company based in Bohemia 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 bold colors were entirely groundbreaking. They designed special shapes and vases, luxury items, which they sold in luxury shops in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, London, Milan, Brussels, and Madrid. This quickly made them very well known and famous.

It was the period when Art Nouveau flourished. They used organic forms, nature was their model, often the shapes were formed organically by shaping the hot glass unevenly with tongs.
Lötz participated in various World Expos, including the famous 1900 Paris Exposition. They were awarded numerous prizes for participation in World Expos. Their designs were appreciated, also in the United States. They were able to make iridescent glass. In short, Lötz had become a household name. And it still is.

Lötz 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 twenties, more streamlined vases were produced in a style closer to Art Deco of that period.

Lötz existed until 1940; after a bombardment the factory burned down completely.

The glass of Lötz remains very popular and is collected worldwide; in addition, their oeuvre can be found in many museum collections.