Moser Art Deco Alexandrite crystal perfume bottle

c1930

Produced by Moser Glassworks, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia

9*8*16 (cm)

Art Deco violet crystal perfume bottle produced by the Moser company in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The triangular prism is a geometric shape with a strong Art Deco style. Unlike most Bohemian glass companies, which do not have marks, Moser signs its most outstanding works, and this large Art Deco perfume bottle bears the signature and the place of origin, Karlovy Vary, on the bottom.

Alexandrite crystal glass changes color depending on different lighting conditions. Glass appears lavender (or sometimes pink) under natural sunlight or yellow artificial light, and appears smoky blue under fluorescent/white light. This is due to the presence of neodymium oxide (Nd2O3) in the glass. Alexandrite glass is also called neodymium glass. The process of making neodymium glass is very complicated and requires a large amount of the rare earth element neodymium. Neodymium ions have stable chemical properties and have no impact on human health. They are used to manufacture high-energy lasers. Neodymium was first used in commercial glass manufacturing in 1927. This perfume bottle can be considered the earliest neodymium glass art glass.

The company Moser Glassworks was founded in 1857 by Ludwig Moser in Karlsbad and was awarded a medal at the 1873 Vienna International Exhibition; in the same year it became the exclusive glass supplier to Emperor Franz Joseph I. He won many other awards over the next few years, including medals at the 1879, 1889 and 1900 Paris World Expo and the 1893 Chicago World Expo.

Moser produces Art Nouveau glassware with nature-themed surface decoration and simple relief glass. They also created the Eckentiefgravur technique, in which sharp horns are deeply cut into the form of intaglio flowers.

After his father's death in 1916, Leo Moser took over the development of the company, which expanded significantly and won the Grand Prix at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts (Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes) in Paris in 1925. The Art Nouveau style gradually evolved into the Art Deco style favored by the middle and upper classes of society. The pure geometric decorative shapes were used to express the beauty of the spirit of the Jazz Age.

Moser 装饰艺术主义几何紫色水晶香水瓶

约1930年

制造商：Moser，卡罗维发利，捷克斯洛伐克

9*8*16厘米

装饰艺术主义紫色水晶香水瓶，于30年代在捷克斯洛伐克的卡罗维发利市 (Karlovy Vary) 由Moser公司生产。三棱柱是装饰艺术风格强烈的几何造型。不同于大部分波西米亚玻璃公司不做标识的做法，Moser在其最杰出的作品上留下签名，这款装饰艺术大香水瓶底部留有签名和产地Karlovy Vary。

紫翠玉水晶玻璃会根据不同的光照条件改变颜色。 玻璃在自然阳光或黄色人造光下呈现淡紫色（或有时粉红色），在荧光/白光下呈现烟蓝色。 这是由于玻璃中存在氧化钕 (Nd2O3)。紫翠玉玻璃也被称为钕玻璃，制作钕玻璃的工艺非常复杂，同时需要消耗大量稀土元素钕，钕离子化学性质稳定，对人的健康没有影响，被运用于制造高能激光器，是人类可以输出的最大能量之一。钕元素在1927年首次被运用至商业玻璃的制造，这件香水瓶可以被认为是最早的一批钕玻璃艺术玻璃。

Moser glassworks 公司于 1857 年由 Ludwig Moser 在 Karlsbad 创立，在 1873 年维也纳国际博览会上被授予奖章；同年成为弗朗茨·约瑟夫一世皇帝的独家玻璃供应商。在接下来的几年里，他赢得了许多其他奖项，包括 1879 年、1889 年和 1900 年巴黎世博会以及 1893 年芝加哥世博会的奖牌。

Moser 生产的新艺术风格玻璃制品具有自然主题的表面装饰和简单的浮雕玻璃。他们还创造了 Eckentiefgravur 技术，将尖锐的角体深深切割成凹版花朵的形式。

1916 年其父亲去世后，Leo Moser 接手了公司的发展，公司大幅扩张，并于 1925 年在巴黎国际装饰艺术展上荣获大奖。新艺术风格逐渐演化为受社会中上层喜爱的装饰艺术风格，纯粹的几何造型被用于表现爵士时代的精神。