New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vase

Manufacturer Daum Frères (French, founded 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1894

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Base: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

InscribedMarked diamond point in script across polished pontil: "DAUM/(then = with a / thru it)/NANCY".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6683

Not on view

DescriptionCameo vase. Bulging at the bottom above 1.25" high smaller bottom. Tapers to a short neck with flaring to the rim. Four wide vertical stripes of green in red cased with clear. Acid cut cameo. Sunflower design with three large blossoms with the centers of applied glass and the leaves and blossom petals dusted with gilt. (Mostly worn off). Background is covered with a scrolled frosted and clear design over green andmesh over red.

Published ReferencesCENTENAIRE DE DAUM AU JAPON, 1980, catalog in French & Japanese, #4, a color plate and pg. 148 for sketch.