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

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Beaker-shaped vase on a stepped, conical base, widening upwards to a square mouth rim, colorless glass with flaky white, yellow … Read more Beaker-shaped vase on a stepped, conical base, widening upwards to a square mouth rim, colorless glass with flaky white, yellow and blue, in the base area with green colored powder inclusions, with etched and painted in colored enamel Daphne decor, satin surface in the background, floor smooth polished, relief signature 'DAUM NANCY' with 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: 1910 - 1915 Dimensions: Height: 8.7 cm / 3.42 in Sides: 7.0 x 7.0 cm / 2.75 x 2.75 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2989 on page 148. Condition: very good. This piece has an attribution mark,
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