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Posted 1 year ago
cogito
(86 items)
This large Kralik silberband bowl with fired and crimped, pie-top like top and polished pontil underside is cradled in a bronze patinated tin mount with Secessionist style blossoms by F. van Hauten & Sonn (Bonn, Ger.). Dimensions: 8”(D) x 5.5”(H).
F. van Hauten & Sonn (Bonn, Ger.) was a longstanding mount producer for various Bohemian pottery and glassworks, but their patinated tin mounts are most often found in association with Loetz and Kralik glass. Their mounts were featured at the Commercial and Industrial Exhibition of 1902 (Dusseldorf, Ger.) and the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO.
Art NouveauArt Nouveau architecture, furniture, jewelry, and graphics took their inspi…
Bohemian Art GlassBohemian art glass was made in and around the present-day Czech Republic du…
Thanks for sharing this jewel, cogito!
this is a gem!!!!!
Wow the Colors are Awesome!
Delectable!
The iridescence is a great contrast with and background for the metal work. I love the mind that conceived such a beautiful piece. Thanks for posting it!
Great art nouveau piece. Love it! The metal mount is to die for! Congratulaitons!
Thanks all. This piece was my first serious art glass acquisition...and the one that introduced me to Mr. T and other glasshounds. You always remember your first. ;)
Superb piece, you really love all those pieces that capture this period of time perfectly, and the glass is so beautiful ! Phil.
Oh, how incredibly beautiful! The close up makes me think of the sea with a swirling school of golden fish. I could stare at it all day -- it is mesmerizing -- like a cool fire.
Thanks, Obs. It's silberband. The banding just isn't obvious because of how I shot the photos. If you look at the first picture, you will see faint bands across the front of the bowl, which in different lighting appear reddish brown in color. The bands are most notable from the inside of the bowl because the iridescence is quite high on the outside under direct lighting.
BTW - thanks for correcting me on the spelling. I totally goofed that one up!
Check out my first posting on collectors weekly. The mount looks similar.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/37419-loetz-astglass-bowl-in-a-bronze-art-no?in=user