Bowl thumbnail 1
On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Bowl

1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Johann Loetz Witwe Glassworks (manufacturer)
Witzmann, Karl (Carl) (designer)
Place of origin
Vienna (made)

Bowl, Austria (Vienna), designed by Karl (Carl) Witzmann, made by Johann Loetz Witwe glassworks, Klöstermuehle, Bohemia, for the Wiener Werkstätte, (Vienna workshops), 1913-1914

Object details

Categories
ELISE
Images Online
Glass
Eating
Household Objects
Metalwork
Food Vessels & Tableware
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Cased and acid-etched glass
Brief description
Bowl, Austria (Vienna), designed by Karl (Carl) Witzmann, made by Johann Loetz Witwe glassworks, Klöstermuehle, Bohemia, for the Wiener Werkstätte, (Vienna workshops), 1913-1914
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.0cm
  • Width: 16.4cm
Style
20TH CONT
Gallery label
Karl (Carl) Witzmann was one of several students and teachers from the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) who provided designs for the J. Loetz Witwe glassworks. This design, of 1913, was first shown in the Österreischisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts) winter exhibition, 1913-14, and subsequently in the Österreischisches Werkbundes (Austrian workshops) display in the Köln Werkbundausstellung (Cologne workshops exhibition) in 1914 where it was listed as Loetz factory number 28, costing 45 Bohemian crowns. This exhibition included work from a number of organisations including the Wiener Werkstätte. This bowl was made in at least two different sizes.
Production
Made for the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna workshop).
Bibliographic reference
Ricke, Helmut: Lötz p277,266,267 etc
Other number
9547 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.252-1991

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O3705/bowl-witzmann-karl-carl/
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