Country Homes Antiques Scotland est; 1985

Early Loetz iridescent ribbed vase.

Early Loetz iridescent vase. A charming piece with a deep ribbed body and quartered out splayed rim.  Superbly balanced shape with a spiralling translucent striping from top to bottom. Circa 1900s probably around 1905 ish. Perfect in every detail.

I’m certain Loetz is one for the future, purely because it will still look modern as well as being of extreme quality in another 100 years time, as much it did 100 years ago. Timeless, in collections or just a minimalistic one-off statement piece, Loetz worked then,  as now and the early pieces of Loetz will ever rise in value as it becomes ever rarer. My advice is collect the early 1900s Loetz if you like vintage art glass. It has everything. unlike Galle and Daum Nancy, mostly, trapped in a particular period of style. Loetz is not trapped in any period of style, it supersedes and remains modernist art eternal. That’s why Loetz was no ordinary glass company then and more so now. And why it has been copied and reproduced ever since, by several Czechoslovakian glass companies