Details:
Manufacturer: Fritz Heckert
Type: Zypern
Style: Jugenstil
Material: Molded and free-formed glass, reduced, improved pontil, enamel
Color: Light green
Period: 1900 – 1909
Description:
This beautiful, enamel-decorated, and rare “Zypern” vase was designed by Max Rade for Fritz Heckert in the year 1899. The decoration depicts a mermaid offering a necklace of red coral on a background of a large gilded sun, surrounded by a floral decoration of daffodils and grapevines in enamel paint.
The vase is signed at the bottom with FH (Fritz Heckert), MR (Max Rade), and the decor number 517/1.
Max Rade is a well-known professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. He created designs for Fritz Heckert in the period from 1898 to 1900. The design of this vase is an excellent example of his mythological Art Nouveau designs.
Dimensions:
Height: 205mm / 8.07”
Diameter: 140mm / 5.51″
Condition: Mint
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