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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Daum Art Nouveau Garnet Crystal Gold Plated Ring, France, 1970s
By Daum
Located in VALLADOLID, ES
Gorgeous Daum Ring in vermeil silver 925 and Daum crystal cabuchon in a beautiful garnet color, size 55. Daum is a crystal craftsman made in Nancy, France, founded in 1878 by Jean...
Crystal, Gold Plate
HILTON McCONNICO for DAUM Vintage Rare Pate de Verre Cactus Ring
By Daum
Located in Nice, FR
HILTON McCONNICO for DAUM vintage rare gold tone ring featuring a pate de verre cactus. Embossed HMc and DAUM FRANCE. Indicative measurements : inner circumference approx. 5.03 cm ...
Gilt Metal
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Natural Solitaire Sapphire Ring 6.5 14k W Gold 7 TCW Certified
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Natural Finely Faceted Quality Solitaire Composite Sapphire Ring 6.5 14k W Gold 7 TCW Certified $3,150 310545 This is a Unique Custom Made Glamorous Piece of Jewelry Nothing says...
Sapphire, Gold
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Natural Aquamarine Diamond Ring 14K W Gold 6.67 TCW Certified
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Natural Aquamarine Diamond Ring Size 6.5 14k W Gold 6.67 TCW Certified $5,990 216191 This is a Unique Custom Made Glamorous Piece of Jewelry Nothing says, “I Love you” more than Di...
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold
$1,912Sale Price|20% Off
Natural Emerald Sapphire Ring 6.25 14k White Gold 3.49 TCW Certified
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Natural Quality Emerald White Sapphire Ring Size 6.25 14k White Gold 3.49 TCW Certified $4,970 310641 This is a Unique Custom Made Glamorous Piece of Jewelry! Nothing says, “I Love...
Sapphire, Emerald, White Gold, 14k Gold
Sterling Silver Robert Lee Morris Heart Ring 1990s
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in Wallkill, NY
Vintage Sterling Silver Robert Lee Morris Heart Ring 1990s Center Heart on this heavy Robert Lee Morris Sterling Silver Ring. Approx size 6.5 Hallmarked RLM 9...
Sterling Silver
Stephen Dweck Stone Sterling Silver Ring 1992
By Stephen Dweck
Located in Wallkill, NY
This is vintage Dweck, dated 92 inside shank of the Ring Bronze wash over the sterling. This is a Massive Vintage Stephen Dweck Sterling Silver R...
Sterling Silver
Vintage 18 Carat White Gold Ruby Full Eternity Band Ring
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
This eternity band holds 24 beautiful rubies and each measure approx 4pts. The stones are set within the band and are encased in the settings. Modelled in 18 carat white gold. Ring...
Ruby, White Gold
Vintage Sterling Silver Filigree Citrine Ring Size 6 Art Deco Reproduction
Located in Webster, SD
This beautiful ring is a vintage Art Deco reproduction from original molds. It is sterling silver with 2 round 4mm citrine gemstones. The face of this ring measures 13/16 of an inch ...
Citrine, Sterling Silver
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Dot Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Blue Dot Cocktail Chunky Statement Modernist Elegant Ring, US 6, Gold Tone Very good condition. Signed at th...
Gold Plate
Stephen Dweck Bronze Wash Sterling Silver Smokey Quartz Ring 1990s
By Stephen Dweck
Located in Wallkill, NY
Massive Faceted Quartz Stone set in a Bronze wash over Sterling Silver. Set in Sterling Silver. Large Faceted Stone. Measures 1.03 in x .87 in and is a size 6.5. Stephen has long dr...
Quartz, Sterling Silver
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Natural Tourmaline Diamond Ring 14k W Gold 4.2 TCW Certified
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Natural Tourmaline Diamond Ring Size 6.5 14k W Gold 4.2 TCW Certified $5,975 217859 This is a one of a Kind Unique Custom Made Glamorous Piece of Jewelry! Nothing says, “I Love you...
Diamond, Tourmaline, Gold
Sterling Silver Citrine brutalist Ring
Located in Wallkill, NY
This makes quite a statement. Massive Citrine stone set in Sterling Silver. Stone measures 30.5 x 23.7 x 13.29 Totally Approximately 50 Carats. This is a Size 5. Patina as found. Vis...
Citrine, Sterling Silver
Pal Kepenyes Ring Modernist Bronze Brutalist Mid Century
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Wallkill, NY
Hand wrought unsigned. Ring is a size 7-3/4 inches. This came along with the others Pal Kepenyes we have listed on our storefront. This is out of our massive collection of Hopi, Zu...
Bronze