Loetz Glass Furniture

Lime green colored glass flared bowl overlaid with a topaz colored design of leafy plants and flowers resting on 3 ball feet. Signed 'Velez' in the topaz colored glass.

Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau glass vase Blown, bulbous body on a round floor plan with a wide neck, narrowed at the top and indented four times to create a square opening on the li...

Loetz Rubin Matte Iris - 1898 (aka: rubin metall) Registered Model: PM I-7875 Ruby ground; metallic-bronze iridescent finish (iris) with purple highlights. Measures: Height 7.75 inches Width 4.25 inches Condition: Excellent AVANTIQUES is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. All of our curated items are vetted and guaranteed authentic and as described. Avantiques only deals in original antiques and never reproductions. We stand behind our treasures with a full money back return if the items are not as described. In 1836, Johann Eisner established a glassworks in the Southern Bohemian town of Klostermühle, today part of the Czech Republic and called Klášterský Mlýn. His heirs sold the glassworks to Martin Schmid in 1849, and two years later Schmid sold it to Frank Gerstner, attorney-at-law, and his wife Susanne. Susanne was the widow (‘Witwe’ in German) of Johann Loetz, a glassmaker about whom we know very little. Gerstner transferred sole ownership to Susanne shortly before his death in 1855, and she successfully led and expanded the company during the subsequent 20 years, manufacturing mainly crystal, overlay and painted glass. In 1879, Susanne transferred the company – now called ‘Johann Loetz Witwe’ – to Maximilian von Spaun, the son of her daughter Karoline. One year later, von Spaun hired Eduard Prochaska and the two of them modernized the factory and introduced new, patented techniques and processes. The Historicist Period The first fruits of this collaboration were exciting innovations in Historicism glass, including Intarsia and Octopus glass and the very popular marbled (‘marmorisierte’) glass which imitated semi-precious stones like red chalcedony, onyx and malachite. Success at exhibitions in Brussels, Munich and Vienna were crowned by awards at the Paris World’s Exposition in 1889. In 1897, von Spaun first saw Tiffany Favrile glass exhibited in Bohemia and Vienna, and this convinced him that the art nouveau style was also the way to go for Loetz Witwe. The next eight years were to be the most artistically significant and profitable period in the entire history of the company. The Art Nouveau Period – the Glory Years Loetz Paris-Expo1900Loetz Paris-Expo1900The glassworks created large numbers of its own new designs of iridescent, trailing art nouveau glass, sometimes in collaboration with well-known artists and designers like Marie Kirschner and Franz Hofstötter (aka Franz Hofstätter). The zenith of Loetz art nouveau glass was epitomized by the so-called Phänomen series of designs, much of it designed by Hofstötter, which won a Grand Prix (alongside Tiffany, Gallé, Daum and Lobmeyr) at the Paris World’s Exposition in 1900. The company’s success during this period had two prime drivers – the technical expertise of Prochaska and the business acumen of von Spaun. Loetz Witwe created many of its own designs, and also supplied glass commissioned by major customers like E. Bakolowits (Vienna) and Max Emanuel...

Vase Loetz (Lötz) Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Made by Loetz, Klostermuehle (Bohemia), circa 1899-1900 Decor: Phaenomen Genre 85/3780 It is a most remarkable Loetz...

Vase Loetz (Lötz) Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Made by Loetz, Klostermuehle (Bohemia), circa 1902 Decor: Neurot (= New Red) Cytisus It is a nicest Loetz Art Nouve...

Gorgeous Art Nouveau Vase of very rare shape Made by Loetz (Lötz) Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia, circa 1900 Decor: amber-orange colored type of Papillon Form: round as well as bellied body with scalloped mouth and silver plated mounting Gorgeous glass item with vertical ribbings on surface, running from edge of mouth to area below. This vase's mouth is of irregular form, having extremely scalloped edge causing this vase's very special appearance. The decor is quite rare type of Papillon - amber-orange shaded and blue-golden shining due to its stunning iridescence ! Finally, this vase's round hollow body is attached to high holder which seems to have been manufactured especially for this glass item: It is a silver plated mounting made of pewter: This one has three arms at top area, holding the vase / the Stand is three-sided, excellently decorated with floral ornaments of reticulated type - most probably these are lady slipper orchids...

Loetz Glass vase with sterling silver overlay, circa 1900.

Body blown in a model, constriction over a flush stand, then widening in the form of a belly and narrowing again to a straight, tubular neck with a straight, rounded mouth rim, verti...

Bohemian glass vase, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, PG 356 decoration, ca. 1900, Brown, Silver, Yellow, Blue, Viennese Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Art Deco, art glass, iridescent g...

Classic early Loetz glass vase enamelled with yellow flowers and green grasses on peach at the top spreading to white below made c1890. A tall necked vase...

Finest Bohemian Art Nouveau Glass Vase: Mould-blown glass vase, cylindrical lower body on a recessed, flush stand, long, slender neck with flared rim. Shape: Series I, Prod. nr. - P...

A czech brass and iridescent glass centerpiece use to display fruit and flowers, brass it's in original patina, glass it's in very good condition, it has only a small line long 0,5 i...

Austrian Jugendstil glass plate manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe unidentified decoration, circa 1900 A special feature of the production line for the World Exhibition in Paris in 1...

The Titania decoration variants range among the most extravagant genres ever produced by Loetz. Glasses in this variant always proved to be a challenge for the executing glass blower...

Glass vase manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe PG 1/158 decoration ca. 1901 Austrian Jugendstil This vase is an excellently preserved and exquisite specimen, which illustrates the high art of glassblowing from the manufacturer Loetz. The decoration from the Phenomen Genre family is characterized mainly by the contrasting and matte iridescence, which show new qualities in their color gradient with each incidence of light. The veined and irregularly warped bands with their slightly silvery shimmer are particularly striking. What is exciting is that especially the decoration “PG 1/158” – originally composed of two different decorations – unfolds completely new on each form and thus gives each shape of vase something unique. Through the use of the base in the color green in combination with the different curvatures and indents of this filigree vase...

Vase on a round stand, slightly bulging towards the top with a slightly flared, flat rim of the mouth, opal-colored glass underlay with black overlay, high-cut decor with bellflowers...

Loetz bowl opaline glass with salmon pink designed by Hans Bolek, (1890-1978): Bolek was one of the founders of the so-said 'Österreichischer Werkbund' in 1914, he was working toget...