Daum France et McConnico Hilton "Cactus" Water Glass
View Similar Items
Daum France et McConnico Hilton "Cactus" Water Glass
About the Item
- Creator:Daum (Manufacturer),Hilton McConnico (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 3.15 in (8 cm)Width: 3.94 in (10 cm)Length: 3.15 in (8 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1980-1989
- Date of Manufacture:1986
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Saint-Ouen, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2194326426442
Daum
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.
- Set of 4 Hilton McConnico Daum "Cactus" Champagne FluteBy Hilton McConnicoLocated in Mérida, YUSet of 4 Hilton Mcconnico DAUM "CACTUS" Champagne flute. Original box.Perfect condition.Category
1990s French Art Nouveau Crystal Serveware
MaterialsCrystal
$1,200 Sale Price / item20% Off - Pair of Hilton McConnico "CACTUS" Cognac Glasses for DAUMBy Hilton McConnicoLocated in Mérida, YUA set of 2 Daum Pâte-de-Verre Cactus Cognac glasses Designed by Hilton McConnico, 20th century Each signed Hilton McConnico, inscribed Daum France to the ...Category
1990s French Organic Modern Crystal Serveware
MaterialsCrystal
$560 Sale Price / set30% Off - Hilton Mcconnico for Daum, 'Cheyenne' Feather Quill Carafes, France, 1970sBy Daum, Hilton McConnicoLocated in PARIS, FRSuperb 'Cheyenne' carafe service designed by Hilton McConnico for Daum. Stopper of the carafe in the shape of a feather quill. Blue model named Cheyenne ...Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsCrystal
- Crystal Pear and Arrow Decanter by Hilton McConnico for Daum, France, 1990s.By Hilton McConnico, DaumLocated in Lille, FRPear and Arrow Decanter from "the lost arrows of William Tell" by Hilton McConnico for Daum. Signed Daum.Category
1990s French Modern Barware
MaterialsCrystal, Bronze
- Formia Green Murano Art Glass Vase in the manner of Hilton McConnicoBy Hilton McConnico, Formia MuranoLocated in Miami, FLA unique organic modern art glass vase in the manner of designs by Hilton McConnico, blown in the 1990s, that was presumably part of an exclusive collection of unique pieces designed...Category
20th Century Italian Modern Vases
MaterialsMurano Glass
$1,520 Sale Price20% Off - French Clear Glass Vase by Daum, France, 1970sBy DaumLocated in Paris, FRThis elegant glass vase was crafted by the renowned French manufacturer Daum in the 1970s. Its sinuous, slender form is a perfect example of the style, and the clear glass accentuate...Category
20th Century European Art Nouveau Vases
MaterialsArt Glass