A FINE APPLIED, ETCHED AND ENAMELED GLASS VASE BY DAUM

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A FINE APPLIED, ETCHED AND ENAMELED GLASS VASE BY DAUM

Conical with swollen base and three applied handles, the ground shading from emerald green to aqua below, finely etched and enameled en grisaille to depict cranes in flight above a pond with waterlilies, gilt and rose floral sprays cascading from a stylized floral gilt band at rim, enameled signature Daum Nancy--11 3/4in. (29.8cm.) high

cf. Ray & Lee Grover, Carved & Decorated European Art Glass, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Vermont, 1970, cover and p. 106 for an illustration of this model belonging in the Chrysler Museum, Institute of Glass collection