Loetz 1900 Austria Art Nouveau Miniature Cabinet Vase Blue Green Iridescent Gla

Miniature glass vase designed by Loetz.Gorgeous and very beautiful antique miniature cabinet glass vase, created by Loetz. Made in Bohemia, Austria during the art nouveau period, back in the turn of the 20th century, circa 1900. Crafted with a triangular shape similar to the Papillon, in blown blue glass with iridescences treatment of blue and green color. Weight: 30.70 Grams.Measurements: 38 mm by 38 mm by 50 mm (1.49 x 1.49 x 1.97 Inches).Loetz Glass (Lötz)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 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 first fruits of this collaboration were exciting innovations in Historicism glass, including Intarsia and Octopus glass