Loetz Chalice Art Nouveau Candia Butterfly, 1889

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Loetz Chalice Art Nouveau Candia Butterfly, 1889

About the Item

Loetz 1899 chalice in yellow glass model Candia butterfly. Glassware in perfect condition. Height: 30.5cm Collar diameter: 18.5 cm Base diameter: 11.5 cm Weight: 750g. In 1836, Johann Eisner established a glassworks in the South Bohemian town of Klostermühle, which today is part of the Czech Republic and called Klášterský Mlýn. His heirs sold Martin Schmidt's glassworks in 1849, and two years later Schmidt sold it to Frank Gerstner, a lawyer, and his wife Susanne. She was the widow of Johann Loetz, a glassmaker of whom we know very little. Gerstner transferred the company to Susanne shortly before her death in 1855, and she ran it successfully, primarily the manufacture of crystal, layering, and painted glass. In 1879 Susanne transferred the business now called "Johann Loetz Witwe" to Maximilien von Spaun, the son of her daughter Karoline. A year later, von Spaun hired Edouard Prochaska to modernize the factory and use new techniques, with the filing of patents. The first fruits of this collaboration are interesting innovations in glass. Success at the exhibition in Brussels. Munich and Vienna were crowned with prizes, also at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889. In 1897, von Spaun saw Tiffany's products exhibited in Bohemia and Vienna, which convinced him that the Art Nouveau style was also the way forward for Loetz Witwe. The next eight years were the most artistically significant and profitable period in the company's entire history. Loetz produced many Art Nouveau pieces. The LOETZ Style: The special and typical color and relief of Loetz glasses give them an extremely refined touch. Loetz was also one of the pioneers in the use of electrolytic deposition techniques, and he patented many processes. The innovative and original forms used by Loetz and inspired by the glass objects of ancient Persian and Roman Art, are typical of glassware in the Art Nouveau style. Other equally popular Loetz designs are nature-inspired vases decorated with original "swan's neck" or "peacock" color shapes in iridescent blue-green tones. In 1904, begins the beginning of the decline. After the first world war, a temporary respite appeared thanks to the production of popular colored opal glass, but the inevitable investments in the renovation of the glassworks in 1920 led to new financial problems. Lacking new ideas, Loetz Witwe reverted to an adaptation of his old Art Nouveau sets to the Art Deco style, but sales continued to decline. The Great Depression in the 1920s and another fire in 1930 hit the company. During the 1930s, the glass factory changed owners several times. It closed for long periods and finally declared bankruptcy, once again in 1939, after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. Futility glassware manufactured for the 3rd Reich during the war, but a definitive end to production in 1947. .

Creator:
Loetz Glass (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 4.53 in (11.5 cm)Diameter: 12.01 in (30.5 cm)
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass
Place of Origin:
Austria
Period:
1890-1899
Date of Manufacture:
1899
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
NANTES, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU7403233191262