Krasnik Antoniette 1854–1956
Medallion - dance order of the masquerade ball, 1902
marked ANTONIETTE KRASNIK, Austria, design by A. Krasnik for
masquerade ball K. & K. Kunstgewerbeschule Wien hebottom left on
31 January 1902, executed by Kunstgewerbeschule Vienna, brass,
mounted with chain hinge, decorated with printed semi-plastic
decorated with flower motif and inscription, length 19,5 cm
Lit.: Passauer Glasmuseum (ed.), Bohemian Glass 1700-1950.
Volume IV, Jugendstil in Bohemia, Tittling 1995, p. 75, Jasna
Galjer, The Foreign Designer Antoinette Krasnik and the Wiener
Moderne, MeandarMedia & Editions Paysage 2020, p. 122.
Corning Museum of Glass, Dance Card Holder for a Costume Ball
at the School of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1902; Accession number
2001.3.5. The original medallion contained a glass filling, located in the central part of the medallion, made by Johann Loetz-Witwe, Klášterský
mill. The offered specimen is probably a semi-finished product of the Ball
card before the central glass was inserted. The medallion also included a dance
order - a paper and pencil booklet placed on the reverse of the medallion in a
the "pocket" created. A complete original example is in the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass New York.
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