Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Vase

Manufacturer Daum Frères (French, founded 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1908

MediumMold-blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

InscribedIncised on polished pontil: "Daum [mark -- see card] Nancy"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6555

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 49

DescriptionVase; hexagonal base; slightly flaring; indented at rim. Cameo of dark forest scene of black heavy trees, leaves and undergrowth. Background is opaque with bottom half flecked with yellow. (Similar one in pink GEFD.66.2.) See also GEFD.70.5, smaller style.

Label TextVASE Daum Freres, Nancy, France Ca. 1908 Mold-blown cased glass; acid-etched, cut, engraved. Mark: wheel-cut on bottom DAUM/NANCY Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6555Exhibition History"Charlotte Potter and April Surgent: Cameo Glass in Context," Wichita Art Museum, June 9 - October 20, 2018.Published ReferencesBloch-Dermant, THE ART OF FRENCH GLASS, pg. 148, ill. 243.