Art Nouveau Vase with Sweet Pea Decor from Daum Nancy, France, 1900

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Square vase with a diamond-shaped base and a recessed wall at mid-height, colourless glass with flocculent white, yellowish and pale … Read more Square vase with a diamond-shaped base and a recessed wall at mid-height, colourless glass with flocculent white, yellowish and pale red inclusions, and ochre-coloured powder inclusions in the lower section, on the exterior, a highly etched and delicately painted scented wick decoration in coloured enamel against a frosted-glass-like satin finish in the background, polished base, cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with the Cross of Lorraine on the side in the central, indented area 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: 10,5 cm / 4.13 in Width: 7,5 cm / 2.95 in Depth: 6,0 cm / 2.36 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 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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