Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.

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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2021.

Vase

Manufacturer Daum Frères (French, founded 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1910

MediumGlass | Metal

Dimensions20 1/8 × 6 × 5 1/4 in. (51.1 × 15.2 × 13.3 cm)
Base: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

InscribedIncised on lower side: "DAUM/NANCY" with an = and / sign between the two.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number72.30

Not on view

DescriptionVase or lamp base with a metal mount top and foot. Stick style with a long neck and a flaring rim. Hollow (no bottom). Cameo, cluthra-like greens, pinks and tans. Cameo grape vine design and with an applied pink stem circling applied in high relief. One large bunch of grapes (probably pate de verre) on either side and one smaller on the lower neck. Also a metal top attachment for the bulb. Silkshade which includes a stem for small bulb to light inside of vase. Metal removed Nov. 1980. Vase was converted to lamp by totally removing bottom. Exhibited as vase, Nov. 1980.

Label TextVASE Daum Freres, Nancy, France Ca. 1910 Blown cased glass, applied "grapes;" cut, engraved, acid-etched. Mark: wheel-cut on lower side DAUM/ NANCY Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 72.30Published ReferencesNancy O. Merrill, A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1989), Color Ill. No. 84, p. 65; Cat. No. 84, p. 196. DAUM ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GLASS & CRYSTAL Catalog. Clotilde Bacri, DAUM, (Michel Editeur: Paris, 1992), Color ill. p. 156.