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Daum Nancy Vase Blue

Daum Nancy Blue Art Deco Vase
Daum Nancy Blue Art Deco Vase

Daum Nancy Blue Art Deco Vase

$8,374

H 13.59 in Dm 11.82 in

Daum Nancy Blue Art Deco Vase

By Daum

Located in NANTES, FR

Daum Nancy, art deco vase circa 1930. Blown vase molded and etched with acid. Geometric decor

Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy "Blackbird" Vase
Daum Nancy "Blackbird" Vase

Daum Nancy "Blackbird" Vase

$80,000

H 11 in Dm 5.25 in

Daum Nancy "Blackbird" Vase

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

A "Blackbird" enameled and cameo glass vase circa 1910 signed in enamel Daum Nancy with Cross of

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Early 20th Century French Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Vase
Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Vase

Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Vase

$14,850

H 10.75 in W 9 in D 9 in

Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Vase

By Daum

Located in New Orleans, LA

Acid Etched Vase Daum Nancy Circa 1930 This exceptional Art Deco vase by Daum Nancy exemplifies

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20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy and Majorelle Blue Glass and Iron Vase
Daum Nancy and Majorelle Blue Glass and Iron Vase

Daum Nancy and Majorelle Blue Glass and Iron Vase

$7,450

H 10.13 in W 7.38 in D 7.38 in

Daum Nancy and Majorelle Blue Glass and Iron Vase

By Daum

Located in New Orleans, LA

Blue Glass and Wrought Iron Vase Daum Nancy and Majorelle Circa 1925 This exceptional glass and

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20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Wrought Iron

Daum Nancy Dutch Landscape Vase, circa 1900
Daum Nancy Dutch Landscape Vase, circa 1900

Daum Nancy Dutch Landscape Vase, circa 1900

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

Daum Nancy Dutch landscape vase, circa 1900. Signed, "Daum Nancy" with the Croix de Lorraine.  

Category

Early 20th Century French Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase, France, circa 1910
Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase, France, circa 1910

Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase, France, circa 1910

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Daum Nancy Cameo glass vase, France, circa 1910 decorated with birds and trees on an opalescent

Category

Vintage 1910s Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy and Louis-Antoine Damon Wheel-Carved Glass Vase
Daum Nancy and Louis-Antoine Damon Wheel-Carved Glass Vase

Daum Nancy and Louis-Antoine Damon Wheel-Carved Glass Vase

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Daum Nancy and Louis-Antoine Damon (1860-1947) Wheel-carved glass vase, France, circa 1905

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Antique Early 1900s Vases

Materials

Glass

French Art Deco 1920's Daum Nancy France Art Glass Acid Etched Blue Vase Bowl
French Art Deco 1920's Daum Nancy France Art Glass Acid Etched Blue Vase Bowl

French Art Deco 1920's Daum Nancy France Art Glass Acid Etched Blue Vase Bowl

By Daum

Located in San Diego, CA

Fine Art Deco Daum art glass acid etched blue vase/bowl, circa 1920's. Made in Nancy, France and is

Category

Early 20th Century French Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Collectible Museum Item Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase 'Fleur-de-lis', France 1900s
Collectible Museum Item Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase 'Fleur-de-lis', France 1900s

Collectible Museum Item Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase 'Fleur-de-lis', France 1900s

By Daum

Located in Bochum, NRW

A Daum Cameo Glass Vase, of square form with repeating enameled gilt fleur-de-lis decoration, on a

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy France Deep Blue Glass Vase, circa 1925
Daum Nancy France Deep Blue Glass Vase, circa 1925

Daum Nancy France Deep Blue Glass Vase, circa 1925

By Daum

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Daum Nancy France Art Deco Vase circa 1925 Acid etched rare deep blue glass vase Typical geometric

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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Vase Flower Blossoms on Stems Art Nouveau France Lorraine c. 1900
Daum Nancy Vase Flower Blossoms on Stems Art Nouveau France Lorraine c. 1900

Daum Nancy Vase Flower Blossoms on Stems Art Nouveau France Lorraine c. 1900

By Daum

Located in Vienna, AT

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Vase made in France / Lorraine, circa 1900. Stunningly manufactured

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Glass

Materials

Enamel

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H 11.25 in Dm 12.25 in

Daum Nancy Vase

By Daum

Located in Vancouver, BC

Large green glass vase signed Daum Nancy.

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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy, Large Blue Vase with Long Neck
Daum Nancy, Large Blue Vase with Long Neck

Daum Nancy, Large Blue Vase with Long Neck

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H 19.29 in W 8.66 in D 5.12 in

Daum Nancy, Large Blue Vase with Long Neck

By Daum

Located in Tilburg, NL

From the DAUM house in Nancy, a large vase with a long neck and belly made of blue Marmoreal blown

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Bottles

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

Daum Nancy Art Deco Cobalt Glass Vase, circa 1920
Daum Nancy Art Deco Cobalt Glass Vase, circa 1920

Daum Nancy Art Deco Cobalt Glass Vase, circa 1920

By Daum

Located in WILMINGTON, CA

Daum Nancy Art Deco cobalt glass vase, circa 1920 Ribbed graduated design and acid etched

Category

20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Swan Glass Vase by Daum Nancy
Swan Glass Vase by Daum Nancy

Swan Glass Vase by Daum Nancy

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H 4.75 in W 2 in D 2 in

Swan Glass Vase by Daum Nancy

By Daum

Located in New Orleans, LA

This exquisite Daum Nancy vase shows the superb quality and detail for which the firm's cameo glass

Category

20th Century French Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Vase Daum Nancy France, 1930, Art Deco
Vase Daum Nancy France, 1930, Art Deco

Vase Daum Nancy France, 1930, Art Deco

By Daum

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Daum vase Nancy France, 1930, Art Deco, green water color, acid work, signed Measures: H 22 cm, D

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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Glass Vase, circa 1925
Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Glass Vase, circa 1925

Daum Nancy Acid-Etched Glass Vase, circa 1925

By Daum

Located in CABA, AR

Step into the elegance of the Art Deco era with this exquisite Daum Nancy acid-etched glass vase

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy Glass Vase With Gold Foil Inclusions, 1925-30
Daum Nancy Glass Vase With Gold Foil Inclusions, 1925-30

Daum Nancy Glass Vase With Gold Foil Inclusions, 1925-30

By Daum

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

Daum Nancy Glass Vase With Gold Foil Inclusions, 1925-30 When Jean Daum assumed control of the

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20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Monumental French Art Deco Acid-Etched "Fawn" Vase by, Daum Nancy
Monumental French Art Deco Acid-Etched "Fawn" Vase by, Daum Nancy

Monumental French Art Deco Acid-Etched "Fawn" Vase by, Daum Nancy

By Daum

Located in Englewood, NJ

four carved blue-purple fawn grazing against a light blue background. The vase is signed, "DAUM NANCY

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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Vase France, circa 1910
Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Vase France, circa 1910

Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and Enamel Glass Vase France, circa 1910

By Daum

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A rare and fine Daum Nancy Cameo and enamel glass vase France, circa 1910 Of round dented form

Category

Vintage 1910s Vases

Materials

Art Glass

French Art Nouveau "Seagull" Cameo Glass Vase by Daum Nancy

French Art Nouveau "Seagull" Cameo Glass Vase by Daum Nancy

By Daum

Located in New York, NY

A French Art Nouveau "Seagull" cameo glass vase by Daum Nancy. This rounded vase with blue

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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases

1905-DAUM NANCY “Snow” Landscape Vase
1905-DAUM NANCY “Snow” Landscape Vase

1905-DAUM NANCY “Snow” Landscape Vase

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H 5.01 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in

1905-DAUM NANCY “Snow” Landscape Vase

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

DAUM NANCY Rectangular vase. Made of multilayer glass, with acid-etched decoration and enamelled

Category

Early 20th Century French Vases

Materials

Glass

Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Bluebell Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1900/05
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Bluebell Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1900/05

Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Bluebell Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1900/05

By Daum

Located in Vienna, AT

enamelled Bluebell decoration, satin surface in the background, cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with the Cross

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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy Blue Ovoid French Glass Vase with Gold Foil

Daum Nancy Blue Ovoid French Glass Vase with Gold Foil

By Daum

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Beautiful Daum piece decorated with internal gold foil. Signed "Daum Nancy" on the foot Ovoid

Category

Early 20th Century French Vases

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Pedestaled Coupe Vase
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Pedestaled Coupe Vase

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Pedestaled Coupe Vase

By Daum

Located in Dallas, TX

Daum Nancy Blue Variegated Coupe vase. Everyone who glances towards this beautiful vase feels

Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Daum Nancy Wild Orchids
Daum Nancy Wild Orchids

Daum Nancy Wild Orchids

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H 6.7 in W 1.97 in D 1.97 in

Daum Nancy Wild Orchids

By Daum

Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Daum Nancy wild orchids Glazing technique and acid work Circa 1915 Origin France Artist Daum

Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Bottles

Materials

Enamel

Daum Nancy - Art Deco Cup Decorated With Gold Inclusions, Circa 1925.
Daum Nancy - Art Deco Cup Decorated With Gold Inclusions, Circa 1925.

Daum Nancy - Art Deco Cup Decorated With Gold Inclusions, Circa 1925.

By Daum

Located in NONANCOURT, FR

Daum Nancy - cup with hot drawn edges, decorated with gold inclusions on a shaded blue background

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Glass Vase Daum Nancy, France, 1905-1910
Glass Vase Daum Nancy, France, 1905-1910

Glass Vase Daum Nancy, France, 1905-1910

By Daum

Located in Lund, SE

Glass vase Daum Nancy, France. Signed with 1905-1910 signature.

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Jugendstil Glass

Materials

Art Glass

Blue glass vase, Daum Nancy, France
Blue glass vase, Daum Nancy, France

Blue glass vase, Daum Nancy, France

Located in London, GB

A clear pale blue glass vase Daum Nancy, France

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Vintage 1930s French Glass

Art Deco Style Blue Glass Acid-Etched Daum Nancy Vase
Art Deco Style Blue Glass Acid-Etched Daum Nancy Vase

Art Deco Style Blue Glass Acid-Etched Daum Nancy Vase

By Daum

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Daum Nancy Acid-etched, blue glass vase in the art deco style undated Daum Nancy was one of

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20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Art Deco Etched Turquoise Daum Nancy Glass
Art Deco Etched Turquoise Daum Nancy Glass

Art Deco Etched Turquoise Daum Nancy Glass

By Daum

Located in Oakland, CA

This turquoise Daum vase has an Art Deco etched design on glass of a most unusual color and clarity

Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass

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Daum Nancy Vase Blue For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic daum nancy vase blue available at 1stDibs. Each daum nancy vase blue for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, art glass and enamel. Your living room may not be complete without a daum nancy vase blue — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right daum nancy vase blue, those designed in Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles are of considerable interest.

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A daum nancy vase blue can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $9,000, while the lowest priced sells for $1,474 and the highest can go for as much as $80,000.

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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Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic. 

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.

Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.

Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.

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