Josef Strnact, Austria. Antique art nouveau vase with handles in glazed terracotta. Hand-painted gold decoration and cobweb. Approx. 1900.

Josef Strnact, Austria. Antique art nouveau vase with handles in glazed terracotta. Hand-painted gold decoration and cobweb. Approx. 1900. Measures: 32 x 18 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. Josef Strnact Junior founded in 1881 a terracotta, majolica and faience factory in Turn-Teplitz. From 1902, he creates a subsidiary in Geisingen called “Stract Junior”. He then purchases the ceramic factory, “Anton Heller” in Turn-Teplitz.