Antique Art Nouveau Tin-Glazed Hand-Painted Ceramic Floral Baluster Vase by Gebrüder Schütz, 1890s

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Antique ceramic vase illustrates a softer, more delicate design movement from the Schütz Brothers (Gebrüder Schütz).

Departing from the dense, … Read more Antique ceramic vase illustrates a softer, more delicate design movement from the Schütz Brothers (Gebrüder Schütz).

Departing from the dense, dark historicist relief work common to their mid-19th-century styles, this piece beautifully embraces the fluid, organic sensibilities of the Central European Art Nouveau and Secessionist movements.

The vase features a distinctive baluster silhouette with a gently bulbous body that tapers up smoothly into an hourglass neck and a subtly flared, green-rimmed mouth. The cream-glazed earthenware body serves as a canvas for a bright, hand-painted trellis motif. Golden-yellow diagonal bands crisscross to form an open diamond pattern, beautifully intertwined with lively clusters of purple blossoms, green foliage, and dainty buds.

The underside of the vase displays an impressed mold/model number 2178, along with the iconic, stylized "Schütz Cilli" factory stamp rendered in a matching green glaze. This confirms its authentic production at the famous Liboje workshop near Celje (historically Cilli, modern-day Slovenia).

Specifications:
• Manufacturer: Gebrüder Schütz (Stamped Schütz Cilli on the base)
• Origin: Liboje, near Cilli (Austria-Hungary / present-day Slovenia)
• Period: Late 19th to Early 20th Century (circa 1895–1910)
• Style: Art Nouveau / Secessionist
• Material: Hand-painted glazed earthenware (Faience / Majolica)
• Shape/Form: Baluster / Hourglass
• Pattern / Motif: Purple flowers on a yellow lattice/trellis background
• Marks: Impressed model number 2178 and the printed green maker's mark

• Dimensions: 23 cm (Height) x 12 cm (Width)

Condition Report:
• Overall excellent antique condition with no chips, cracks, structural hairlines, or post-factory restorations to the body or rim.
• The main body retains a remarkably clean, high-lustre glaze with vibrant, well-preserved hand-painted pigments.
• Features a minor rough spot on the unglazed base/foot rim from historical shelf wear and kiln stacking. This piece has an attribution mark,
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