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Small glass paste vase * of square section, signed Daum Nancy **, with clear decor with blueberry acid on green and pink background, Art Nouveau period late XIXth-early XXth centuries.
This vase is in good condition and is of high quality. It is signed in the ass.
A note: small shine in the ass, slight wear on the coil gilding and on the decorations, micro-scratches of time, see photos (see red arrows).
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* Glass paste: treatment of glass known from Antiquity (Pliny), rediscovered by H. Cros around 1880, who was looking for a fusible material that could 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 compose a paste; this after baking becomes hard and translucent to be then modeled like a sculpture and colored. The real glass paste is removed by cold amalgamating crushed glasses and enamels. The dough is then molded and subjected to cooking 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, sold his study and opted for France. He moved to Nancy in 1876 and in 1878 bought a glassworks. In 1878, he associated his son Auguste. When he died in 1885, Auguste took sole charge of the glassworks before being joined in 1887 by his brother Antonin. The glassware production will be oriented 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 dug by Émile Gallé in the Art Nouveau glassworks. The Universal Exhibition of 1900 brought international recognition with the presentation 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 production towards Art Deco in the face of the loss of public interest in Art Nouveau. The crystal works still exist and its production is internationally known for the quality of these creations.
