Spectacular and rare Daum Nancy Art Deco Glass Vase

A very rare 1920′s Art Deco deep acid etched Daum glass vase, this is the real thick walled heavy glass – it weighs over 6lbs! Beautiful pale orange color with black flecks acid etched right through to the clear below with a fabulous design of stylized leaves and flowers … it looks stunning as the light catches it.

It’s a great size too at 7″ high X 7″ wide and is fully signed around the bottom edge DAUM NANCY FRANCE with the croix de Lorraine!

About Daum Glass

Daum excelled in the production of Art Deco glassware and its designers favored geometric forms as well as thicker and more transparent glass which contrasted with slender shapes and flowing lines of Art Nouveau glassware so popular at the turn of the century.. In the 1920s, the Art Nouveau colors inspired by nature changed to the colors which dominated contemporary abstract paintings, such as topaz, blues and ambers. Designs were increasingly monochromatic and variations of moon white, beige, glacier blue and light yellows were particularly popular. Vases, bowls and lamp shades no longer relied on the glassblowing technique but were cast and decorated with cut and acid-etched stylized patterns, as illustrated by this vase. The new manager Paul Daum was chemist by training and experimented with the use of hydrofluoric acid to vary surface textures of the glass. Towards the middle of the 1920s, friezes, volutes, curved beams or chevron patterns gave rhythm to compositions.