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Daum Martele

Daum Martele, Acid Etched and Wheel Cut Vase
Daum Martele, Acid Etched and Wheel Cut Vase

Daum Martele, Acid Etched and Wheel Cut Vase

By Daum

Located in Sarasota, FL

Daum glass martele, acid etched and wheel cut vase.

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Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Cameo and Martelé Glass "Crocus" Vase
Daum Nancy Cameo and Martelé Glass "Crocus" Vase

Daum Nancy Cameo and Martelé Glass "Crocus" Vase

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

A French wheel carved cameo and martelé glass "Crocus" vase by Daum. This Daum vase has gray cameo glass.

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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Two-Handled Vase
Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Two-Handled Vase

Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Two-Handled Vase

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

From the Pinhas collection Daum Nancy wheel-carved cameo and Martele glass two-handled vase, France, circa 1900-1910 intaglio signature Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross Dimensions:...

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Antique Early 1900s Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Wheel Carved, Internally Decorated Cameo and Martele Glass Vase
Daum Nancy Wheel Carved, Internally Decorated Cameo and Martele Glass Vase

Daum Nancy Wheel Carved, Internally Decorated Cameo and Martele Glass Vase

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Daum Nancy wheel carved, internally decorated cameo and Martele glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with red flowering vines intaglio signature Daum Nancy with Lorraine ...

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Antique Early 1900s Vases

Materials

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Superb and Very Fine Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Vase
Superb and Very Fine Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Vase

Superb and Very Fine Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo and Martele Glass Vase

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A superb and very fine Daum Nancy wheel-carved cameo and martele glass vase, with low relief applied decoration France, circa 1910 Signed in intaglio Daum Nancy with lorraine cross...

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Vintage 1910s Vases

Materials

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Fine Daum Nancy Martele Cameo Glass Two-Handled Vase, from the Pinhas Collection
Fine Daum Nancy Martele Cameo Glass Two-Handled Vase, from the Pinhas Collection

Fine Daum Nancy Martele Cameo Glass Two-Handled Vase, from the Pinhas Collection

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

From the Pinhas collection Fine Daum Nancy Martele cameo glass two-handled vase, France, circa 1900 signed Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross Dimensions: W.18.5 cm. x D 16 cm.

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Daum Nancy "Nénuphars" Cameo Glass Vase
Daum Nancy "Nénuphars" Cameo Glass Vase

Daum Nancy "Nénuphars" Cameo Glass Vase

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

Each of the flowers, caught in their varied states of maturity, is cast against a blue martelé ground. Artist: Daum Nancy Country: France Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 7.5" height, 5" dia...

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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Art Glass

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Daum Nancy Gingko Martele Art Nouveau Lamp

Daum Nancy Gingko Martele Art Nouveau Lamp

By Daum

Located in Dallas, TX

A large Daum Nancy French cameo glass lamp with martele designs of red and burgundy ginkgo biloba leaves on a hammered cream and yellow background, Circa 1900.

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Daum Nancy Martele Ovoid Glass Vase, 1919-1923
Daum Nancy Martele Ovoid Glass Vase, 1919-1923

Daum Nancy Martele Ovoid Glass Vase, 1919-1923

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H 7.75 in Dm 3.5 in L 7.75 in

Daum Nancy Martele Ovoid Glass Vase, 1919-1923

By Daum

Located in Astoria, NY

Daum Nancy Martele Ovoid Glass Vase, circa 1919-1923, the pink ground with chartreuse overlay and cameo cut berries and leaves, incised "Daum Nancy" with Croix de Lorraine mark to t...

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Cameo and Martelé Glass "Crocus" Vase
Daum Nancy Cameo and Martelé Glass "Crocus" Vase

Daum Nancy Cameo and Martelé Glass "Crocus" Vase

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

A French wheel certainly carved this cameo and martelé glass "Crocus" vase by Daum Nancy. The base of this remarkable vase is colored in deep, swampy purples, against which darker-hu...

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

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French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase by Daum
French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase by Daum

French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase by Daum

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

Signed, ''DAUM Nancy'', cross of Lorraine (martelé bottom) (engraved).

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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Daum Nancy "Martelé" Vase Circa 1910
Daum Nancy "Martelé" Vase Circa 1910

Daum Nancy "Martelé" Vase Circa 1910

By Daum

Located in Paris, FR

DAUM NANCY FRANCE "martelé" vase decorated with Crocus.

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

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Art Nouveau Daum Cameo, Martelé and Carved Nicotiana Vase
Art Nouveau Daum Cameo, Martelé and Carved Nicotiana Vase

Art Nouveau Daum Cameo, Martelé and Carved Nicotiana Vase

By Daum

Located in London, GB

A super Daum Art Nouveau vase depicting the Nicotiana (Tobacco) plant in red over orange -beautifully signed.

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Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Glass

Materials

Art Glass

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Daum Martele For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal daum martele for your home. Each daum martele for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, art glass and blown glass. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect daum martele — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A daum martele is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Nouveau styles are sought with frequency.

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Prices for a daum martele start at $3,808 and top out at $45,000 with the average selling for $18,750.

Daum for sale on 1stDibs

For collectors, Daum is a name in the first rank of the French makers of art glass, along with those of Émile Gallé and René Lalique. Led in its early decades by the brothers Auguste (1853–1909) and Antonin Daum (1864–1931), the company, based in the city of Nancy, established its reputation in the Art Nouveau period, and later successfully adopted the Art Deco style.

In 1878, lawyer Jean Daum took over the ownership of a glassworks as payment for a debt and installed his sons as proprietors. Initially, Daum made glass for everyday purposes such as windows, watches and tableware, but the success that Gallé enjoyed at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris — the international showcase for which the Eiffel Tower was built — inspired the Daum brothers to begin making art-glass pieces. They produced popular works of cameo glass, a decorative technique in which an outer layer of glass is acid-etched or carved off to reveal the layer below, but Daum became best known for vessels and sculptures in pâte de verre — a painstaking method in which finely ground colored glass is mixed with a binder, placed in a mold and then fired in a kiln. 

Though early Daum glass was never signed by individual artists, the firm employed some of the masters of the naturalistic, asymmetrical Art Nouveau style, including Jacques Grüber, Henri Bergé and Amalric Walter (whose first name is frequently misspelled). Daum also collaborated with furniture and metalware designer Louis Majorelle, who created wrought-iron and brass mounts for vases and table lamps. In the 1960s, Daum commissioned fine artists, most notably Salvador Dalí and sculptor César Baldaccini, to design glass pieces. As you see from the works offered on 1stDibs, Daum has been home to an astonishingly rich roster of creative spirits and is today a state-owned enterprise making pâte de verre figurines. 

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Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.

The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.

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