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.
DAUM Vintage Butterfly Lapel Pin Brooch
By Daum
Located in Nice, FR
DAUM vintage lapel pin brooch featuring a yellow crystal paste butterfly. Engraved DAUM France (see the picture n°8 - hard to photograph). Indicat...
Gilt Metal
$275
W 0.96 in D 0.3 in L 2.07 in
Antique Art Deco Marcasite Silver Openwork Brooch with Blue Center Stone
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Art Deco rectangular brooch featuring a filagree openwork design with a blue glass stone in the center. It is marked 935 silver probably...
Marcasite, Silver
Large Crystal Gold Gilt Metal Flower Brooch
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Impressive three dimensional large crystal flower brooch with a gold tone stem and leaves.
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Early Gripoix for Chanel Renaissance Pendant Brooch
By Maison Gripoix for Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Early Maison Gripoix for Chanel articulated Renaissance pendant brooch circa 1960. Of Gripoix poured glass enamel in emerald and ruby, glass beads, cut crystal rondelles and faux baroque pearls set...
Gold, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Chanel Dog Tooth Pearl Flower Brooch
By Maison Gripoix for Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Chanel's sapphire poured glass, paste and dog tooth pearl brooch. The central motif, very classic in the Chanel iconography is mounted atop triangular ...
Silver Plate, Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Blue Enamel Sterling Butterflies from Norway
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Large Butterfly measures 1.12" x .73". It has a black enamel body and beautiful blue wings. Smaller Butterfly measures .66" x .58". It has blue enamel wings with a sterling body. ...
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$250
W 3.5 in D 0.42 in L 3.5 in
Large Judaica Israel 40th Anniversary Gilt Sterling Silver Dove Brooch 1988
Located in Miami Beach, FL
3.5" long by 3.5" sterling silver brooch commemorative piece celebrating Israel's 40th Anniversary from 1988. The brooch features a gold plated stylized #40 accented by a dove, leav...
Sterling Silver
Chanel Baroque Pearl Pendant Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Chanel uses oversized handmade pearls for this pendant brooch of gilded bronze with paste accents by Goossens. The rococo bar brooch has a loop from which ...
Modernist Brass Coil Sterling Silver Circle Brooch
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mexican sterling silver circle within an open circle brooch with a brass wire coil accent. Marked "Mexico 925" on back
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass
Chanel Renaissance Quatrefoil Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Chanel renaissance style brooch quatrefoil in form of turquoise pate de verre and multiple pearls. This style of brooch was one of Chanel's "Fords" ...
Bronze
Classic Chanel Bar Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
A twisted gilt wire with a faux pearl cabochon. Chanel has been photographed often in variants of this brooch. Simply iconic and timeless like its creator. Executed by Goossens works...
Chanel Gilt Leaf Brooch with Pastes and Pearls, Goossens
By Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Striking floriform brooch completely handmade by Goossens for Chanel. Chanel's favorite fox chain is transformed into a spray of leaves centered with pastes. The texture of the chain...
Coco Chanel Byzantine Heart Crest Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Coco Chanel Early Byzantine heart brooch, The silvered metal heart set with crystal pastes and appliqued with faux emerald hand formed pate de verre ro...
Gilt Metal
Hilton McConnico for Daum Vintage Massive Pate de Verre Cactus Brooch
By Daum
Located in Nice, FR
HILTON McCONNICO for DAUM vintage massive brooch featuring a pate de verre cactus in a gold toned setting. Embossed HMc DAUM FRANCE. Indicative measurements : max. height approx. 8...
Gilt Metal
Vintage DAUM by Hilton McConnico Jewelled Glass Brooch
By Daum
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage DAUM by Hilton McConnico Jewelled Glass Brooch Measurements: Height: 1.96 inches (5 cm) Width: 2.04 inches (5.2 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic D...
Hilton McConnico for Daum Vintage Massive Pate de Verre Cactus Brooch
By Daum
Located in Nice, FR
HILTON McCONNICO for DAUM vintage massive brooch featuring a pate de verre cactus in a gold toned setting. Embossed HMc DAUM FRANCE. Indicative measurements : max. height approx. 8...