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
CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900
Wrought iron and glass white shades with strips in relief, the mount by Louis Majorelle
Acquired directly at the crystal Daum factory around 1992
Signed
20.5 cm. high
14.3 cm. diameter
CANDY BOX – POSSIBLY UNIQUE, 1925
Clear glass with gold foil inclusions overlaid in deep violet and wheel carved with stylized flowers and leaves
Wheel engraved signature
34 cm. diameter
This piece was designed for the 1925 Exposition Universelle
Paul Racadot was the chief engraver at the Daum manufacture
Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs, 1925, Grand Palais, Paris
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Le verre en France d’Émile Gallé à nos jours, les éditions de l’amateur, 1983, ill. p. 48 on a period drawing (Daum archives) showing one of the display cabinets at the 1925 Exposition Universelle