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Posted 5 months ago
Alfredo
(349 items)
1. THIS VASE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM CROATIA IN EXCHANGE FOR ONE OF MY GREEN TANGOS. 7" TALL.
2. ID COURTESY OF DAVID LITTLEFIELD. II-5854 (1908).
3. DEFINITIVE ID FOR A PIECE THAT DOES APPEAR IN THE LOETZ DECOR INDEX. II-5580, OLYMPIA WELLENOPTISCH WITH PALE GOLDEN FEET. IT WAS MADE IN THREE SIZES FOR MAX EMANUEL OF LONDON, 1908--WHICH GOES TO SHOW NOT ALL AUSFS. WERE LATE PRODUCTION. MINE IS THE LARGEST SIZE OF ALL. 9" TALL. ID COURTESY OF DAVID LITTLEFIELD, LUCKY OWNER OF THE JITKA DESIGN BOOK. BY THE WAY, THIS BOOK DOES SHOW A NUMBER OF DESIGNS NO PICKED UP IN RICKE.
4. AND HERE IT IS, IN THE FLESH, SO TO SPEAK. IT HAS SUCH A MASSIVE PRESENCE, IT TAKES AT LEAST TWO DOZEN ROSES TO FILL IT!
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One thing I have noticed with the new book...similar decors are grouped together with consecutive production numbers. If' I'm looking for a particular Coppelia for example, I just need to know the PN of any known Coppelia, then look in the book for that number and it will be in a section comprising of several pages of just Coppelias. The three Ausf. 58 vases all have consecutive numbers, with yours being the largest of the 3. I swear, when I first saw that vase in person I thought it looked like a basketball.