“LA NIGELLE DES PRES”, AN IMPORTANT FOOTED VASE, CIRCA 1900
Marquetry and finely wheel-carved glass, the pink surface overlaid with white
and blue flowers and an applied motif of brown branches
Engraved Gallé
20.5 cm. high
No other example of this design is known to exist
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, 1900, Paris
Bibliography Gallé, exhibition catalogue, musée du Luxembourg, 29 November-2 February 1986,
éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, ill. p. 54 in the “Les granges” vitrine
VASE “CINERAIRES”, CIRCA 1910
Clear glass with white, yellow and blue inclusions
The flowers and leaves are acid-etched and wheel carved
Signed
40.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Clotilde Bacri, Daum, Michel Aveline éditeur, 1992, ill. p. 68
BOWL, CIRCA 1910, UNIQUE PIECE
Clear glass, with an enamelled decor
highlighted with gold and the outer surface applied with oxides and large gold foils
Signed Manzana le miroir and numbered 8 on the Inside
6 cm. high
13.5 cm. diameter
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Clear glass, etched to simulate the movement of the waves, partly frosted, overlaid with enamel
and wheel-carved with a decor of fishes and aquatic flora
17 cm. high
VASE, CIRCA 1895
Internally decorated blown glass acid-etched,
wheel-carved and hammered, with applied rhododendrons highlighted with gold
Signature in gilded enamel underneath
24 cm. high
Bibliography
Jules Traub, The glass of DésiréChristian ghost for Gallé, 1978, p. 101, pl. 52
VASE, CIRCA 1897
Internally decorated glass, acid-etched and carved
in a floral pattern, with applied water lily and flowers in silver; around the neck, the mount in silver featuring frost
The mount signed M Guerchet
24.5 cm. high
Exhibition Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 1897
VASE CIRCA 1900
Mottled ground overlaid in blue, acid etched, and wheel carved; decorated with blue berries
The original foot was broken and replaced with a wooden one at the factory
Provenance Acquired directly at the crystal Daum factory around 1994
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED CREAM JARS, CIRCA 1900
Acid-etched and enamelled glass with foil inclusions; original stoppers
Wheel engraved signature
8.5 cm. high
VASE, CIRCA 1889
Polychrome “cristallerie” glass decorated with enamelled water lilies, aquatic flowers, stems,
and three dragonflies; original bronze base decorated with four snails
Enamelled signature in Japanese style
17 cm. high
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Multilayered glass vase; imitating Japanese brush-holder and decorated with orchids
and buttercups in inlaid and carved marquetry
Wheel cut signature
18 cm. high
SMALL POT, CIRCA 1900
Clear glass with inclusions; with two applied
handles, the decor in marquetry
and chased
Wheel-carved signature
9 cm. high
16 cm. long
“OEILLETS DES INDES”, A RARE VASE, CIRCA 1905
Multilayered glass with yellow and orange inclusions. The stems and leaves are
acid-etched, the flowers are padded and wheel carved
Wheel carved signature
35 cm. high
Bibliography Noël Daum, Daum Maîtres verriers, Edita Denoël, 1980, ill. p. 20
AN IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900
Blown glass vase decorated with mushrooms, oak leaves and pincones
Acid-etched, wheel-etched, carved
Engraved signature
51 cm. high
Exhibition Takashimaya, exposition itinérante au Japon, 1986, n. 86, ill. p. 19
VASE “PRUNELIER DU JAPON”, CIRCA 1910
Multilayered glass, decorated with acid-etched and wheel-carved Japanese blackthorns
Wheel-carved signature
44.5 cm. high
BOTTLE AND STOPPER, CIRCA 1900
Opalescent amber glass bottle decorated with catkins
Deeply acid-etched and carved; three applications on platinum foil including one on
the stopper
Engraved signature
11.5 cm. high
