Art Nouveau Cameo Ancolie Vase with Columbine Decor from Daum Nancy, France, 1910s

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Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky yellow-orange, with brown powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and delicately … Read more Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky yellow-orange, with brown powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and delicately painted with coloured enamel, columbine 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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