Candlestick ''Opal Phänomen Gre 358'' Franz Hofstötter (décor), Loetz widow, Klostermühle, for E. Bakalowits' sons, Vienna 1901 Colourless glass with delicate white opal underlay. Outside wound with dense silver-yellow bands, above with silver-blue veined orange ribbon and below with silver-yellow veined reddish-brown ribbon. They warped. Iridescent. Brass mount on the back and muzzle, detachable insert with wide flared edge. h. 10 cm The elaborate phenomenon décor by Franz Hofstötter was able to establish itself after the Paris World Exhibition and was further developed. Lit.: H. Ricke/Vlcek, Lötz - Böhmisches Glas 1880 - 1940, Bd.2, Katalog der Musterschnitte, p. 291 - Nr. 85/3957 (Form) - Mergl/Ploil/Ricke, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880 bis 1940, S. 150, Nr. 107 (Decor).