A Daum vase, bulbous base with long and gently flaring cylindrical neck, acid-etched, carved and vitrified decoration of falling chesnust leaves and spiders' webs, applied with metal foil-backed and finely wheel-carved spiders and beetles, autumnal shades on a mottled yellow, orange and clear glass ground, etched signature Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine.

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A Daum vase, bulbous base with long and gently flaring cylindrical neck, acid-etched, carved and vitrified decoration of falling chesnust leaves and spiders' webs, applied with metal foil-backed and finely wheel-carved spiders and beetles, autumnal shades on a mottled yellow, orange and clear glass ground, etched signature Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine.
36 cm. high
Literature
Glas, Kunst, Handwerk 1870-1945, Glasammlung Silzer, Fribourg, 1989, p. 91, similar model illustrated.

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