A rare crackled amber pitcher. “These crackle finish water jugs are traditionally attributed in design to Koloman Moser and manufactured by Loetz 1999, but are also claimed by Smrckova for Ruckl 1939. They have a ground pontil to the base and density of "crackle". The jury is still out as to which attribution is definitive, but they are still a classic, collectible design, no doubt”. Most of the research on these lead to information that the pitchers were designed by Koloman Moser and were popular in the 1900's.
“Koloman Moser began his career as a painter working with the Vienna Secession artists in the Viennese Art Nouveau style of the 1890s. His early Secession designs are characterized by naturalistic motifs on a grid-pattern. His later work for the Wiener Werkstätte included graphic design, metalwork, ceramics, leatherwork and glass and incorporated more abstract and geometric decoration, also using a grid pattern. In this pitcher Moser has removed all decoration and employed the crackle pattern of the glass as the sole ornament on the simple geometric form”. The pitcher has been cleaned and is still in good condition.
9cm B X 23cm H
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