Daum Vases and Vessels

Daum was founded in Nancy, France, by Jean Daum in 1878. After his death in 1885, his sons Auguste (1853–1909) and Antonin (1864–1931) took the helm. The brothers began experimenting...

Fine Daum Nancy Cameo and enamel glass bowl, the round body with red enamel flowers and green leaves against a burnt orange and pale green ground cameo signature Daum Nancy Franc...

Beaker-shaped vase on a stepped, conical base, widening upwards to a square mouth rim, colorless glass with flaky white, yellow and blue, in the base area with green colored powder inclusions, with etched and painted in colored enamel Daphne decor, satin surface in the background, floor smooth polished, relief signature 'DAUM NANCY' with cross of Lorraine on the wall between the plants. Technique: Handmade cameo glass Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels...

Acid etched and enamelled glass case with silver mount. Signed Daun Nancy. France, CIRCA 1900.

Signed Daum Nancy with the Croix of Lorraine.

Delicate Art Nouveau cameo vase of the early 20th century: Baluster-shaped stem vase with bulbous base on a stand ring with long, slender, curved neck, colorless glass with flaky whi...

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 ...

Daum Nancy internally decorated Cameo Glass Vase, "River Lanscape" France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with trees on a river landscape on a mottled yellow and pink ground. Signed wi...

Cup-shaped vase, colourless glass with air bubbles (bubbling) and flaky light green powder inclusions in the lower section and rust-coloured inclusions in the upper section, light bl...

Vase in a bulbous shape with an offset round base, wide neck that tapers towards the top with a slightly flared mouth rim, colorless glass with a milky, opaque inner melting’s in the...

Baluster-shaped vase, bulbous body on a flush base with a long, slender trumpet-shaped neck, colourless glass with flaky white, brown and green powder inclusions, exterior highly etc...

Tri-lobed vase, signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.

From the Pinhas collection Fine Daum Nancy enameled opalescent glass two-handled "Dutch Landscape" vase, Measures: Width 3.93 in. (10 cm.) Depth 2.75 in. (7 cm.) Height 11.22 in....

Large and fine Daum Nancy internally decorated, enameled and acid etched glass vase decorated with pink flowers on an opalescent ground France, circa 1910 cameo mark Daum Nancy with...

Vase A by Cesar Baldaccini for Daum, France, 1970s, is a magnificent work of art that seamlessly combines form and function. Designed by renowned French sculptor Cesar Baldaccini, this multi-faceted vase is a stunning example of his mastery of sculptural forms. Made by renowned French glassmaker Daum, this vase features a highly polished, multi-faceted surface that reflects and refracts light in fascinating ways. The veneers are perfectly aligned and flawlessly executed, creating a breathtaking sense of depth and texture. The vase is signed "Daum France", which adds a touch of authenticity and provenance to the piece. This is a true collector's item, sought after by art lovers and collectors around the world. Functional, the Argos vase is ideal for presenting flowers or other decorative objects. Its sculptural form and multi-faceted surface create a dynamic backdrop that enhances the beauty of any arrangement. Overall, the Argos vase by Cesar Baldaccini for Daum, France, 1970s, is a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship. Its striking form, impeccable craftsmanship and exceptional provenance make it a highly coveted piece that is sure to impress and enchant anyone who sees it. Cesar Badaccini (1921-1998) His parents, Omer and Lelia Baldaccini, Italians of Tuscan origin, ran a bar in Marseille where César was born, with his twin sister Amandine, in 1921 in the popular district of Belle-de-Mai, at 71 rue Loubon, in the 3rd arrondissement1. "I am basically an absolute self-taught," he will say2. At the time, he designed and tinkered with carts for his little brother with cans. Nevertheless, after first working for his father (he also helped a butcher neighbor for a meager salary after leaving school at the age of twelve), he followed the courses of the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Marseille from 1935 to 1939; in 1937, he obtained three prizes, in engraving, drawing and architecture3. Not mobilized during the war (he also escaped the STO), he lived on scams before settling in Paris to be admitted, in 1943, to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts with Michel Guino, Albert Féraud, Daniel David, Eugène Dodeigne and Philippe Hiquily, like him in the workshop of Marcel Gimond. In 1945, he returned to Marseille to marry Maria Astruc, with whom he set up a business (they divorced in 1959). He returned to Paris in 1946 where he occupied a studio in an old brothel at 21 rue de l'Échaudé, whose rooms, following the Marthe Richard law, had been assigned to students4. There he met Émilenne Deschamps, who would later become one of his muses. Faced with the impossibility for him to work the stone, because of its cost, he turned to other materials3. From 1947, he worked on plaster and iron. In 1949, he was introduced to arc welding in an industrial carpentry in Trans-en-Provence and used lead in pushed sheets and welded iron wires. In 1951, he visited Pompeii and remained marked by the casts of the bodies of the inhabitants caught in the lava3. In 1952, he used inexpensive recovered materials and made his first sculptures in welded scrap metal: his means were then still modest. Thus, for lack of money and to afford marble, César will recover in the scrap dumps the materials of his first sculptures: tubes, bolts, screws that become insects or end up in the powerful curves of the Venus de Villetaneuse (1962). In 1954, he exhibited at the Lucien Durand gallery in Paris and obtained the "collabo" prize for a sculpture entitled Le Poisson5, made in Villetaneuse, a city where he worked for a dozen years thanks to the help of a local industrialist, Léon Jacques6. He gained fame when his work was bought for 100,000 francs in 1955 by the State for the National Museum of Modern Art7. The same year, he exhibited at the Salon de Mai. The following year, the MNAM bought Chauve-souris from 1954 and the museum of modern art in the city of Paris Le scorpion from 1955. From 1954 (Torse, MOMA), he also made sculptures in welded metal, then in partially polished bronze, of busty women (Ginette, 1958, Victoire de Villetaneuse, 1965). In 1956, he participated in the Venice Biennale then in the São Paulo Biennale and in the Documenta II in 1959. In 1958, he signed a contract with the Parisian gallery Claude Bernard3. In 1961, he approached Marino di Teana and joined the group of Nouveaux réalistes, a movement founded by art critic Pierre Restany8, including Arman, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint Phalle and Gérard Deschamps. When he could afford a workshop in 1957, rue Campagne-Première in Paris, he married Rosine Groult-Baldaccini (met at the Beaux-Arts in 1948) with whom he had a daughter, Anna, a year later. He also begins to frequent the world of the In 1968, he created at the National Manufacture of Sèvres a porcelain Ashtray published in fifty copies. Made of porcelain with a semi-matt pearly cover, it represents a plaster mold used for the production of the pieces, and was produced from an original aluminum model. In 1971, during a premiere at the Lido, he found more media than him: Salvador Dalí, the master of extravagance. He debates the same year in Italiques with François Truffaut, Lucien Bodard and Asher Ben...

Set of tray, bottle and glass of smoke glass designed by Daum in the 60's.   

Daum's best shape for miniatures is the broken egg. Great detail and color. Mint condition. France, CIRCA 1920.

Particularly large Baluster vase on a slightly offset base, colourless glass with flaky sky blue powder melting, green overlay, spring landscape etched in several stages and finely p...

Large baluster vase on a flush stand, base set off by polished fillets, wall slightly curved upwards and widening towards the opening, colorless glass with flaky white and yellowish ...

The swelled circular body showing a striking, warm mottled yellow & brown field with teal striations, rising to a tri-corner peaked rim and raised overall upon a stepped circular...

From The Pinhas collection Very fine wheel-carved Daum Nancy Cameo glass vase, France, circa 1910 with applied dragonfly decoration, decorated...

Daum Nancy enamelled and internally decorated glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with trees and flowering branches on a mottled white and blue ground, wheel carved sign...

From the Pinhas collection A fine Daum Nancy wheel-carved cameo glass vase with low relief applied decoration France, circa 1915 Signed with intaglio mark Daum Nancy with Lorraine cr...

Daum Nancy wheel-carved cameo glass vase with applied flowers, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with flowering plants on a mottled pink gr...

This lion vase was made by the Daum glassworks. This is a model that was presented at the Universal Exhibition which took place in Chicago in 1893, without a vermeil base. Founded in Nancy in 1878 by Jean Daum, the Daum glassworks was quickly taken over by his sons, Auguste and Antonin. From that moment on, increasingly technically complex creations were designed there. A so-called “rampant” lion in red agathe style, enhanced with gold, stands out against a red granite background, revealing in places a second layer of green glass. The back of the vase is entirely open onto this second green granite layer, decorated with decorations in an inverted chevron and evoking heraldry. The neck of the vase has the same treatment as the lion. Its base is vermeil (gilded silver). The vase is signed “Daum / Nancy / ☨”, under the base. The play of layers, colors and rendering of materials make this vase a fine example of the excellence of Daum glassware...

VASE, DAUM Molded and relief crystal, decorated in acid, signed 'Daum, France'. Dim.: (height) 21 cm. Very good condition conditions

Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves on a mottled pink, white and brown ground. signed ...

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...

Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with trees on an opalescent ground. signed with painted mark Daum Nancy with Lorraine cro...

Small baluster vase, flush round stand, bulbous body with attached funnel-shaped neck, colorless glass with color powder enamels in yellow-orange and red, with highly etched and pain...

France, circa 1910 Decorated with peach and red wild flowers ending on a circular foot Cameo mark Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross Dimensions: Width 2.36 in (6 cm.) Height 6.85 in...

Pair of glass bottles carved in acid and enamelled, with bronze application on the neck and bronze base. Signed DAUM. France, CIRCA 1910.

Daum Nancy cameo glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with ancient Chinese sailing ships on a mottled green, yellow and orange ground. Signed with cameo signature Daum Na...

Daum enameled opalescent two handled glass "Dutch Landscape” vase, circa 1910. Signed in gilt Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine. Height 11 inch...

Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched Glass Vase, 'Dutch Landscape' France, circa 1890 decorated with figures, cows, windmills and trees on a ...

Daum Nancy enameled and acid etched glass vase, "Flowers and Berries" France, circa 1910 decorated with trees, berries and flowers on a mottl...

Daum Nancy internally decorated Glass Vase, with applied decoration France, circa 1925 signed in intaglio Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross Dimensions ...

Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase, "1914" France, circa 1914 decorated with thistles, the cross of Lorraine to one side the reverse with 1914 on a mottled pin...

Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched Glass Ewer, France, circa 1900-10 decorated with windmills and a 'dutch landscape' on an opalescent ground. ...

Daum mold blown cameo glass "Autumn" vase circa 1925. Signed Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine. Measures: Height 10 inches.

From the Pinhas collection Fine Daum Nancy Martele cameo glass two-handled vase, France, circa 1900 signed Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross Dimens...

Opalescent glass acid-etched with butterflies. Overlaid and carved with flowering stems. Engraved daum Nancy France with the cross of Lorraine.

From the Pinhas Collection Daum Nancy enameled and gilt decorated Glass Goblet, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with "milk" thistles and gilt stars on a light opalescent and blu...

Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with trees and flowering branches on a mottled white and blue ground, wheel carved sign...

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:...

Set of three French Signed glass decorative objects by Daum, c.1990s Dimensions: Tall Green Vase: 13.5"H x 4.5"D Amber Bowl: 5.5"H x 6.5"D Purple Bowl...

Vaso in cristallo francese della vetreria Daum France. Piccolo e raffinato vaso di forma esagonale in perfette condizioni. Firmato alla base Daum France. Daum è una famosissima cr...

Daum Nancy enameled and acid etched decorated glass decanter, "Dutch Landscape", France, circa 1900-1910 decorated with birds, windmills, sa...

Daum Nancy enamelled and acid etched glass vase, "Flowers and Berries" France, circa 1910 decorated with trees, berries and flowers on a mottled pink and brown ground, signed with...