Michael Powolny / Wiener Keramik Vienna Secession "Putto" vase c.1910 More Information
Michael Powolny / Wiener Keramik Vienna Secession “Putto” vase c.1910
MICHAEL POWOLNY (1871-1954) Austria
BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960) Austria
WIENER KERAMIK Vienna
Putto mit Füllhornvase c. 1910
Glazed white earthenware handpainted with black enamel.
Marks: MP (impressed artist’s monogram), WK (impressed firm logo in a square)
Exhibited: Frühjahrsausstellung Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe in Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (today the MAK museum), Vienna, 1912.
Model illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XXXI, October 1912 March 1913, n.p.; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XXXIII, October 1913-March 1914, n.p.; The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art 1913 (London, 1913), p. 218; Wiener Keramik, L.W. Rochowanski (Leipzig and Wien: Thyrsos Verlag, 1923) n.p.; Michael Powolny: Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990) 1912 photograph with the horse sculpture displayed in vitrine from Frühjahrsausstellung Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe, illus. 4, p. 15, illus. 16, p. 33, cat. no. WV 132.
Christopher Dresser / James Couper & Sons Aventurine blown glass Clutha vase c. 1895
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
JAMES COUPER & SONS Glasgow
Clutha vase c. 1895
Aventurine blown glass with iridescent gold streaks and internal bubbles
Illustration: Christopher Dresser, Widar Halen (Oxford: Phaidon, Christies Limited, 1990) p. 196, illust. 228.
For more information: Liberty Style: the classic years, 1898-1910, Mervyn Levy (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1986); Christopher Dresser: the power of design, Christopher Wilk (New York: Zurland – Zabar, 1993).
Richly patinated handwrought boule vase with a double large triangle silver overlay motif, square palm wood attached base
For more information see: Art et Décoration Revue Mensuelle D’Art Moderne, Tome XLVII. (Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts) p.217; Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940, (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992) p.68, cat.no. 61; La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique Forest and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1995) p.231-233.
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