Daum Nancy French Art Deco Acid Etched Pâte-de-Verre Flower Vase, ca. 1930

Description

French Art Deco
Daum Nancy France
Flower Vase
Acid Etched Pâte-de-Verre Art Glass
ca. 1930
DESCRIPTION:
This geometric, floral inspired 1930s French Art Deco deeply acid etched pâte-de-verre elegant flower vase bears the signature of Daum Nancy on the base edge. There is a nice weight to the thick-walled heavy glass. It has a beautiful and rich amber
yellow color, etched right through to the clear. Sophisticated in its simplicity, the design consists of geometrically-stylized leaves and flowers encircling a vase, with a smooth banded edge at the top.
PERIOD:
Ca. 1930
STYLE:
French Art Deco.
MEDIUM:
Acid Etched Pâte-de-Verren Art Glass.
DIMENSIONS:
H: 6.875” x Max. Diameter: 6.875” x Opening Diameter: 3.375”
MARKINGS:
Engraved on the base edge, ‘Daum Nancy’
CONDITION:
Good antique condition., n
o chips or cracks, n
o damages, no restorations.
MAKER:
Daum Freres of Nancy, France
The success of the Daum glass company is directly a result of its excellent management and entrepreneurial spirit.
The accidental founder of the company was Jean Daum (1825-1885).  He was a financier of the company when it was known as the Verrerie Sainte Catherine.  This company quickly hit hard times and it was Jean Daum who took control of it before it
failed.  Daum was not an artist by trade.  He was a notary and industrialist.  This new venture was a trial by fire.
The first glass produced by Daum is collectible, but it was not art glass.  They made mostly clear glass with gold rims to be used while dining.  It wasn’t until the 1890s that Daum began producing what we think of today as “Daum Nancy” glass.
Daum glass is thought to be made by the Daum Freres (brothers).  This was not accurate when the company first began operating.  It was Jean Daum and his son Auguste Daum (1853-1909) who laid the ground work for Auguste and his brother Antonin
Daum (1864-1930) to lead the company in the early 20th century.
All Daum glass is handmade, but that certainly shouldn’t lead the reader to believe that Daum was a mom and pop operation.  At the company’s height of production 400 workers were
at the factory in Nancy, France.  In fact Daum hired and     employed  some great artists who would later be famous for their own works, namely the Schneider Brothers.  Henri Berge, Bernard Gruber, Eugene Gall, and Amalric Walter were key designers
at Daum.
It took winning the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 for Daum to really move out of the shadow of fellow Nancy glass maker, Emile Galle.  In 1904 Galle died, and that is when Daum really took over the glass industry.  Daum’s dominance
only
lasted
for  about a decade.  In 1914 World War I began in France and the Daum factory was shut down and turned into a hospital.  In 1918 the plant reopened, but things were not the same.  Antonin Daum was leading the company, but the
craftsmanship and innovation of the past twenty years was not present. T
he golden age for Daum Nancy was likely between 1895 and 1914.  This period saw Daum register patents and experiment successfully with construction and decoration
techniques that makes their art so unique and highly desirable today.
The Daum glass factory is still open today.  They currently make crystal art.
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