Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Nicotiana Decor from Daum Nancy, France, 1900s

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Large funnel vase with three-sided wall on a round stand offset by a nodus, colourless glass with white and thread-like … Read more Large funnel vase with three-sided wall on a round stand offset by a nodus, colourless glass with white and thread-like yellow powder meltings and meadow-green meltings in the lower area, slightly domed stand with green and a few brown brown colour melts, the entire vase covered with a highly etched decorative nicotiana motif, painted in coloured enamel, satin-finished surface in the background, relief signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with the Cross of Lorraine on the wall between the plants. Technique: Handmade cameo glass Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed, especially in Nancy.

Manufactory: Daum Frères / Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating: 1900 - 1905 Dimensions: Height: 34,0 cm / 13.38 in Diameter: 11,5 cm / 4.52 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Page 148, Signature number 2984, Page 561, Daum Frères & Cie, Verreries de Nancy. Condition: Very good This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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