Topic: Loetz Rubin Papillon décor, 7.5”

[Mac]

I acquired this recently and from what I understand, this decor is not so common. Does anyone have any info on this decor?

Thanks in advance.

Mac

[Mike M]

Hi

Yes that looks like Loetz Rubin Papillon OK  -the rubin refers to the purple/red colour of the glass and the Papillon the butterfly effect on the surface. At a distance these always look like Cobalt Papillon ie on a blue based glass -which is much more common.

From memory it also comes in Creta (green), Candia (amber) and a rare Yellow -I have also seen a white version -but that might not have been true Loetz Papillon.

Probably dates to 1898 but some of the colours were revived in c1920

a nice little rarity well done

Cheers

Mike

[Mac]

Thanks Mike I appreciate the information. Perhaps this is a question that cannot be answered but what I really want to know is why this decor is considered rare. Was it too expensive to make?
Mac

[Mike M]

We can probably only guess

something like the 'rubin' was a little more expensive than the 'cobalt' to make but they looked similar so the cobalt sold better?

could be any one of many reasons!

cheers

Mike

[Mac]

Cheers! Thanks Mike.
Mac