Daum Vases and Vessels
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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Period: Early 1900s
Creator: Daum
Daum Nancy, Miniature Birch Scenic, Enamel and Cameo Glass Vase, France 1900s
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
This is a Daum Nancy "Dawn landscape" miniature double-glazed vase decorated with birch trees and groves of trees in perspective, engraved in reserve and enameled in polychrome on a ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Daum Nancy Cameo and Enameled Vase with Tobacco Flowers Decor, France circa 1910
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Multilayered glass vase, in cameo technique. Cylindrical form in mottled orange, red, and brown, circa 1910.
The decor of flowers and leaves is engraved in reserve and taken up on th...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Coquelicot', Corn Poppy Decor, Daum Nancy, France, 1895
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
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...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
"Vine leaves" double glass vase by Daum
By Daum
Located in Paris, FR
A "Vine leaves" double glass vase by Daum - Nancy, with a deeply engraved decor of brown-red leaves with gold highlights, on an acid frosted green background.
Neck and base rubbed wi...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy, French Cameo & Wheel Carved Art Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum Nancy, French Cameo & Wheel Carved Art Glass Vase, circa 1900
The frosted glass body acid-etched with repeating fern leaf motifs and overlaid and acid-etched with Irises and ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Small Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Poppy Flowers Decor, Daum Nancy France, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate small vase, round flush stand, colourless glass with flaky yellow and orange-brown powder fusions, meadow poppy flower decoration etched in several stages and painted with c...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Victor Saglier and Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Carafe
By Victor Saglier, Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Decanter engraved with acid with floral decoration around 1900 attributed to Daum Nancy and Victor Saglier for the setting. Signature at the bottom of the carafe. Note a slight defor...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Metal
Daum Nancy Huge Vase Art Nouveau France Lorraine Made in circa 1906
By Daum
Located in Tilburg, NL
Daum Nancy huge vase Art Nouveau France Lorraine Made in circa 1906.
Stunningly manufactured casing glass with brownish, orange, yellow powder meltings.
Signed: Daum Nancy Signature with Cross of Lorraine existing.
Daum Nancy Cross...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass, Blown Glass
Large Daum Nancy Flower Enameled Cameo Art Nouveau Vase
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
DAUM NANCY Cameo and Enameled Art Nouveau Glass vase
circa 1900
Enameled and acid etched with mottled glass.
Signed: 'Daum Nancy' with the Cross of Lorraine
Height: 9.3 Inches (23.5cm)
Condition: Very Good condition and appearance with no issues detected.
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase, France circa 1900-1910
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Cowslips Decor, Daum Nancy, France, Ca 1900/05
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindrical vase, colorless glass with flaky yellow and reddish orange powder melts, with etched cowslips decoration painted in colored enamel, satined surface in the background and inside, painted signature 'DAUM NANCY FRANCE' with the cross of Lorraine on the wall.
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...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau Miniature Cameo Glass Vase with Violets
By Daum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional French Art Nouveau Daum Frères Violets miniature cameo glass vase wheel cut with raised designs in colored enamels on an etched ground dating from around 1900. The tal...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Blown Glass
Daum Nancy Cameo Scenic Art Nouveau Vase
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
A warm scenic tall vase by Daum Freres from Nancy France circa 1900. The scene is a landscape with lake and green trees and bushes in the fore and back ground. The interesting featur...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Barberry Decor, Daum Nancy, France, 1900/05
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Pillow shaped vase, colorless glass with flaky white and yellow, in the stand area with rust-brown powder melts, with etched barberry decor painted in colored enamel, satined, struct...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
French Art Nouveau Miniature Glass Vase "Dutch Winter Landscape" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
An attractive miniature cameo glass vase decorated with boats upon a lake in a snowy Dutch landscape with a windmill on the banks, the surface exhibiting Fine colour and hand painted...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass, Cut Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Blackberry Decor, Daum Nancy, France, 1900-1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindrical vase, colorless glass with flaky yellow-green, rust-red and blackberry-colored powder melts, overlaid in several layers, blackberry and leaf motifs worked out in high cut...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Daum & Louis Majorelle Early Wrought Iron Mounted Orange Glass Bowl, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional, large and early French Daum art glass bowl in a mottled orange coloring with wisps of blue encased in wrought iron by Louis Majorel...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Wrought Iron
Fine Émile Gallé Enamel Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
A triple over-laid Galle glass vase,
France, circa 1900
Signed in Cameo Galle'
Measures: Width 8.66 in. (22 cm.)
Height 4.72 ...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Daum Nancy Cameo Landscape Pink Vase Lamp
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
A acid etched cameo art nouveau pink landscape vase tastefully mounted as a multi luminescent lamp. Enjoy a exquisite Daum Nancy art nouveau cameo vase...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase "Paysage de Pluie" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A wonderful cameo glass vase etched and enameled with silver birch trees bent over in a rain-swept landscape. The design heightened with deep pink and green colors interwoven on the ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass, Cut Glass
French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase "Spring Landscape Vase" by Daum Frères
By Daum
Located in London, GB
A fabulous limited edition Art Deco bronze of a beautiful young woman in diaphanous dress cold painted with enamel color and with bright gilded highlights wearing a spectacular headd...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass, Cut Glass
Daum Nancy "Rain Landscape" Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine.
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Early 1900s French Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Dutch Landscape Vase, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed Daum Nancy with the Croix of Lorraine.
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Early 1900s French Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
From the Pinhas Collection Daum Nancy Enamelled and Gilt Decorated Glass Goblet
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy "Fleurs et Abeilles" Enameled and Etched Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched "Fleurs et Abeilles" glass vase by Daum Nancy features an unusual and wildly undulating form that is countered neatly by the tightly executed landscape that decorates its organic curves, bulges, dips and valleys. Climbing from a deeply, darkly colored base upward to the bright, nearly translucent bright yellow rim of the vase are a field of ultra-finely rendered red orchid blooms with framing leaves...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase, Decorated with Ancient Chinese Sailing Ships
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
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
signed in intaglio 'L. Damon 10 Bd. Malesherbes Paris'
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5.5 in. ...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Daum Nancy Enameled and Cameo Glass Bowl
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and cameo glass bowl,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with purple flowers and green leaves on a mottled blue and white ground....
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved and Enamel Internally Decorated Vitrified Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy wheel-carved and enamel internally decorated vitrified glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910.
With low relief applied decoration of red flowers and tall branches.
Wheel-ca...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Box and Cover
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enamelled and internally decorated glass box and cover,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with red wild flowers and green leaves on a mottled green and brown ground.
s...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase, France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with flowering plants in red and purple on a mottled pink and then blue ground.
cameo sig...
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase, France
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated glass vase,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with blue wild flowers on a mottled pink ground.
Signed with cameo mark Daum Nancy with ...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Internally Decorated Cameo Glass Vase, "River Lanscape"
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated Glass Vase,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with flowering plants with green leaves on a mottled p...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled and Acid Etched Decorated Glass Decanter, "Dutch Landscape"
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and acid etched decorated glass decanter, "Dutch Landscape",
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with birds, windmills, sa...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
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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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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Art Glass
Daum Nancy "Nénuphars" Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
The highly complex composition in this "Nénuphars," or "Water Lilies," cameo glass vase, by Daum Nancy, features the titular flower in various stages of bloom, as well as in various ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel-Carved Cameo Glass Vase with Applied Flowers
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy wheel-carved cameo glass vase with applied flowers,
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with flowering plants on a mottled pink gr...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase, France circa 1900-1910
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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 ...
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Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase, "Trees in Prairie"
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Nancy enameled and internally decorated Glass Vase, "Trees in Prairie"
France, circa 1900-1910
decorated with trees, red, and yellow flowers in a large open area of grassland ...
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Daum Nancy Enamelled and Internally Decorated Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Early 1900s Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Monumental 19” Daum Nancy Enameled and Etched Columbine Flower Vase
By Daum
Located in Dallas, TX
Large enameled glass columbine flower pedestaled vase by Daum nancy. Variegated yellow glass with enameled red flowers, circa 1900.
Signed in cameo ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Enameled and Etched Orchid Landscape Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched glass vase by Daum Nancy is a bright scene is dominated by two planes of mottled glass, golden yellow on top of deep purple, which togethe...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy Wheel Cut Tumbler Vase with Cyclamen Motif
By Daum
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This Daum Nancy French art glass vase has been made in the form of a diamond shaped tumbler with a mottled pink color and gilt accents. The exterior of the piece features detailed wh...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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French Daum Nancy attr. Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Mushroom Vase
By Daum
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
French Daum Nancy attr. Art Nouveau cameo glass mushroom vase from the turn of the century.
Wheel cut with raised designs in colored enamels on an etch...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Blown Glass
French Wheel Carved Cameo and Mmartelé Galss "Crocus" Vase by Daum
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. It is decorated with stems and leaves ascending from the bulbous foot lead...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Art Glass
Daum Nancy French Art Nouveau “Snow Drop” Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau cameo glass “Snow Drop” vase by Daum, featuring carved light blue flowers on brown stems against a mottled white and blue ground, circa ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Daum Vases and Vessels
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Large Daum "Peacock" Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Large Daum vase internally decorated with a peacock design, circa 1910.
Signed in intaglio Daum Nancy France.
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Daum vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Daum vases and vessels are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Daum vases and vessels, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original vases and vessels by Daum were created in the Art Nouveau style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider vases and vessels by Emile Gallé, Gallé, and Clement Massier. Prices for Daum vases and vessels can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $279 and can go as high as $80,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,182.
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Questions About Daum Vases and Vessels
- Is all Daum glass signed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Yes, Daum glass is normally signed. The location of the company's mark varies, but it usually says "Daum Nancy" above, below or beside the cross of Lorraine, a cross with two crossbars. Find a variety of Daum glass on 1stDibs.
- How is Daum glass made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022How Daum glass is made involves a process unique to the manufacturer, called pâte de verre. It involves filling a refractory mold with finely crushed glass and then baking the piece in a kiln. Shop a collection of Daum glassware on 1stDibs.
- Are all Daum vases signed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, all Daum vases are signed. Authentic Daum glass work will have the signature “Daum Nancy” and incorporate the cross of Lorraine. Looking for a signature is one of the best ways to ensure authenticity. Browse a range of authentic Daum vases and other glassware on 1stDibs.
- Is Daum crystal marked?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 15, 2024Yes, Daum crystal is typically marked. The French maker usually adds the word "Daum Nancy" and its logo, a double cross called the Cross of Lorraine, to its pieces. You can locate the mark in a discreet area, such as on the bottom of stemware and decorative objects. Find a selection of Daum Nancy crystal wares on 1stDibs.