Art Nouveau Flower Bowl with Violet Decor from Daum Nancy, France, 1910s

Description

Round bowl with a quatrefoil-shaped indented mouth rim, colourless glass with flaky white and cobalt blue coloured powder fusions, etched … more Round bowl with a quatrefoil-shaped indented mouth rim, colourless glass with flaky white and cobalt blue coloured powder fusions, etched violet decoration painted with coloured enamel, satin-finished and textured surface in the background, smooth polished interior and underside, relief signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross 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: 6,5 cm / 2.55 in Diameter: 12,7 cm / 4.99 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2989 on page 148, and 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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