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

Pitcher with Dragonflies and Buttercups

Manufacturer Daum Frères (French, founded 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1904

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (12.1 x 14.4 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

InscribedMarked in relief lower front: "Daum Nancy [mark]"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6667

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a cameo and applied decoration pitcher of blown, acid- and cameo-cut glass, with a floral and dragonfly design. There are applied solid green handle twists to form a dragonfly body with marquetry eyes. The bottom half is amethyst cluthra and the top half is a light blue cluthra, then clear, then green.

Label TextPITCHER Daum Freres, Nancy, France Ca. 1904 Blown cased glass, applied handle and "dragonfly bodies"; acid-etched, cut, engraved, gilded. Mark: in relief on lower side DAUM/NANCY/ Gift: Jean Outland Chrysler Collection 71.6667Published ReferencesN. Daum, DAUM MAITRES VERRIERS, pg. 76. Nancy O. Merrill, A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS: REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION, (The Chrysler Museum: Norfolk, VA, 1989), p. 62, No. 78 for info. and photo, and p. 195 for detailed info. Clotilde Bacri, DAUM, (Michel Editeur: Paris, 1992), color ill. p. 180. Christophe Bardin, _Daum, 1878-1939: Une Industrie d'art lorraine_ (Nancy, France: Editions Serpenoise. 2004), 175. ISBN: 2-87692-590-7 Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 133, fig. 163. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1