Loetz Neptun vase, creta Silberiris, PN unknown, ca. 1903

Neptun, with its vertical branched "seaweed" pattern, is not particularly uncommon, but this is actually the first one I have added to my collection. I chose this piece, acquired in a trade with a friend (thanks, Brian), for its gorgeous silver-blue iridescence over a creta ground. Circa 1903, a year when many of the paper design patterns are missing. Five inches tall, with three indents around the bottom section. Fire polished rim, ground and polished pontil.