Art Deco MOSER vase. Czechoslovakia, ca. 1930. Amethyst glass and gold. With marks of use. With very slight chipping at the mouth. Signed on the back. Measures: 13 x 13 x 13 cm. Vase in amethyst glass of violet tonality and border in gold decorated with characters inspired in the Classical Antiquity. The Moser glassworks was established in Karlsbad in 1857, in the north-eastern part of Bohemia. In 1873 Ludwig Moser, its founder, won a prize for a glass at the International Exhibition in Vienna. This prize enabled Moser to penetrate the market with greater force, establishing a factory in Meierhofen in 1893. In this year, the factory had four hundred employees and was renamed the Karlsbaderglasindustrie Gesellschaft Ludwig Moser & Söhne. After years of success in the 19th century in various international competitions, the company underwent several closures and transfers during the 20th century. Nevertheless, it has always remained one of the most important glass companies in Bohemia. It is a brand with more than a century of tradition in the production of high quality, luxury glassware, having been an official supplier to several royal houses and palaces in Europe.