Octopus Vase
Manufacturer: Johann Lötz Witwe (Austrian, 1836-1947)
Date: about 1887-1889
Dimensions:
overall: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)
Medium: Glass; mold-blown, encased, tooled, gilded.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2006.173B
DescriptionBlown of opalescent glass overlaid in reddish-brown, the body is decorated with optic-blown arabesque-shaped air bubbles embedded and blown-out in colorless glass, the whole gilt with small, spiraling ornamentation and acanthus leaves, above an applied foot and detachable finial and cover.
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