Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2021.

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"Water Lily And Flying Heron" Vase

Manufacturer Daum Frères (French, founded 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1894

MediumBlown glass | Gilt

Dimensions10 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (27.6 × 18.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

InscribedSigned in gold on the center of the polished pontil: "DAUM/(=with a / thru it)/NANCY".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6673

Not on view

DescriptionBulbous vase with three attached solid handles. Cameo and intaglio. Pale blue with the upper half cased with green. Darker at the rim. Pond part is intaglio from the bulge down and above the bulge it is cameo. Vines and birds with a rough gilt background. A lot of gilt. In the Japanese taste.

Label Text"WATER LILIES AND HERONS" VASE Daum Freres, Nancy, France Ca. 1894-1900 Blown cased glass; acid-etched, Engraved, enameled, gilded. Mark: in gilt on bottom DAUM/NANCY Gift: Jean Outland Chrysler Collection 71.6673Published ReferencesR & L Grover, CARVED AND DECORATED EUROPEAN ART GLASS, pg. 106, pl. 154. Noel Daum, DAUM MAITRES VERRIERS, pp. 12-13.