DAUM NANCY

Stylized branches and berries – orange, purple; series of applications, 1920-1922, the decor designed by Émile Wirtz, the realization assured by Eugène Gall

Cornet vase with a flared neck, resting on a pedestal.

Blown and bubbled white glass.

The decor made with applications on warm glass.

Signed DAUM Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine engraved on the foot.

Height: 25.7 cm

Public collection:

Musée des Beaux-arts, Nancy – A vase with a similar shape and decor treated in blue, is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number AD.365.

Bibliography:

- Daum, maîtres verriers – Edita/Denoël Editions, Lausanne/Paris, 1980. The decor of our vase is similar to that of the work reproduced on page 160.

- Centenaire de Daum au Japon – Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido (July 19–August 24, 1980), Éditions du Musée d'Art Moderne, Hokkaido, 1980. The decor of our vase can be compared to that of the drawing referenced under number 5, reproduced in the catalog.

- Claude Pétry – Daum dans les musées de Nancy – Musée des Beaux-Arts Editions, Nancy, 1989. A vase with a similar shape and decor treated in blue, referenced under number 108 in the catalog, is reproduced on page 106.