Art Nouveau Fuchsia Cameo Vase from Daum Nancy, France, 1910s

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Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky white, with cobalt blue powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and … Read more Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky white, with cobalt blue powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and delicately painted with coloured enamel, fuchsia decoration against an ice-glass-like satin finish in the background of the wall, polished base, cameo signature 'daum nancy france' with lorraine cross on the wall in the lower section 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: 1910-1915 dimensions: height: 12,0 cm / 4.72 in diameter: 6,0 cm / 2.36 in bibliographie: carolus hartmann, glasmarken-lexikon / encyclopedia of glass marks, stuttgart / germany 1997, signature number 2989 on page 148, 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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