Vase with water lilies ''Ausführung 87'' Adolf Beckert (decor), Franz Hofstötter (form), Loetz Witwe, Klostermühle, 1909 Colorless glass with salmon pink meltings. The outer wall spun around with thread fusions in green and blue with scattered fused opaque red dots as water lilies. Water lily leaves recut. Inscribed on the lower wall: ''Loetz'' in high etching. H. 23,5 cm. Lit.: Ricke/Vlcek, Lötz Böhmisches Glas Vol. II, p. 191, No. 5709 (form); Ricke/Vlcek, Lötz Böhmisches Glas Vol. I, p. 252, No. 306 (decor) u. p. 347 (form u. decor); Mergl/Ploil/Ricke, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880 bis 1940, p. 214, No. 174 (decor). Adolf Beckert was one of the few permanently employed artists and the only artistic director of the Lötz glassworks. His designs had a profound and lasting influence on the artistic profile of the manufactory. Our vase was exhibited in the Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, USA in 1992/93. Also in 2009 our vase was part of the exhibition ''LOETZ SERIE II'' in the Museum in Kasperské Hory. Furthermore, our vase was featured in the large wall calendar of the Czech ''CE GROUP'' of energy companies ''Enerie Krasy'' as a monthly picture of June as well as in ''Neuwirth II'', 1986 under catalog number 47 on pages 221-223.