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Wine Glass, c. 1907

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Glass, blue overlay and casing
20.8×8.7×8.7 cm

Artists

  • Otto Prutscher

    (Vienna 1880–1949 Vienna)

  • Meyr’s Neffe on behalf of E. Bakalowits Söhne
Currently on display at OG4
Much in keeping with the aim of embellishing all areas of life with art, the Viennese architect and artisan craftsman Otto Prutscher (1880–1949) designed objects of delicate glass art, including long-stemmed sherry and champagne glasses as well as ornate receptacles for wines and liqueurs in various shades. The filigree drinking glasses – also known as stemmed glasses – were designed by Prutscher from 1907 for Bakalowits and executed by the company Meyr’s Neffe. Fashioned from colorless crystal glass, they were mostly overlaid with one color and subsequently polished, though they invariably adhered to a strictly geometrical design specification in terms of form and decor. Tulip shapes and overly long stems invest the hand-blown glasses with particular elegance.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Design: Otto Prutscher
  • Execution: Meyr’s Neffe on behalf of E. Bakalowits Söhne
Title
Wine Glass
Date
c. 1907
Category
Arts and crafts
Material​/technique
Glass, blue overlay and casing
Dimensions
20.8×8.7×8.7 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4255
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Wien 1900. Aufbruch in die Moderne, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2019 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, ab 15.03.2019).
  • Wien 1900. Sammlung Leopold, hrsg. von Diethard Leopold/Peter Weinhäupl, Wien u.a. 2009.
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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