Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Apple Tree in Blossom, Daum Nancy, France, 1900/1905, 1890s

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Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base set off by a nodus, widening in a trumpet shape and narrowing to a … Read more Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base set off by a nodus, widening in a trumpet shape and narrowing to a drawn-in rim, colorless glass with flaky yellow, orange-reddish, and violet powder inclusions, green and white enamel melts, highly etched exterior decorated with delicate colored enamel depicting blossoming apple branches against an ice-glass-like satin finish in the background of the wall, cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross on the wall between the branches painted with dark enamel paint. Design by Henri Bergé. 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: 41,8 cm / 16.45 in Diameter: 15,5 cm / 6.10 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, page 561 Daum Frères & Cie, Verreries de Nancy. Condition: Very good This piece has an attribution mark,
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