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Small vase glass paste *, signed Daum Nancy **, decorated with orchids and foliage acid, as well as cobwebs, Art Nouveau period late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This vase is in good condition and is of high quality. It is signed on the side.
A note: small chip at the collar, micro-brightness on another angle to the collar, small chip also in the bottom, micro-scratches of time, see photos (see red arrows).
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* Glass paste: glass treatment known since ancient times (Pliny), rediscovered by H.Cros around 1880, who was looking for a fusible material that can be worked in a pasty or liquid state. It is a colored crystal, previously reduced to powder and mixed with water, added to a binder to form a paste; this one after cooking becomes hard and translucent to be then modeled like a sculpture and colored. The real glass paste was obtained by cold amalgamation of glasses and crushed enamels. The paste is then molded and baked in a lost wax mold; under the effect of heat the constituent elements agglomerate. (Larousse dictionary of antiquities and flea market).
* Following the war of 1870, Jean Daum (1825 - 1885), notary in Bitche, sells his study and opts for France. He moved to Nancy in 1876 and bought in 1878 a glass factory. In 1878, he associates his son Auguste. When he died in 1885, Auguste took sole charge of the glass factory before being joined in 1887 by his brother Antonin. The production of glassware will move towards artistic creation. The two brothers prepare between 1889 and 1891 the creation of an artistic department which is entrusted to Antonin. Auguste gives him all the means to work to follow the wake excavated by Emile Gallé in the Art Nouveau glassworks. The Universal Exposition of 1900 brings international recognition with the awarding of a Grand Prix. In 1901, Daum founded with the artists Majorelle and E. Gallé the School of Nancy, spearhead of Art Nouveau. The company continues to participate in major exhibitions: Barcelona in 1923, International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925, Colonial Exhibition in Paris in 1931. In the 1920s, Paul directs the production towards Art Deco in front of the loss of public interest in Art Nouveau. The crystal factory still exists and its production is internationally known for the quality of these creations.
