LOETZ. Bohemia. Czechoslovakia, ca. 1910.
Art Nouveau inkwell.
Moulded glass with iridescent finish. Metal mouthpiece and lid.
Unsigned.
It has very slight, barely noticeable chipping on one side.
Provenance: Private collection, Spain between 1970-1990.
Measurements: 6 cm (height) x 12 cm (diameter).
This Art Nouveau inkwell is made of moulded glass with lobed shapes. It has an organic-looking circular lid made of metal. The body has an iridescent finish, widely used in Central European modernism, characterised by its chromatism, which changes according to the angle of incidence of light on its surface, and by its metallic appearance. This material, the result of intensive technical research carried out in the artistic glass workshops of the second half of the 19th century, is obtained by adding various metallic oxides to the base mass of glass.