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* Small vase in glass paste, signed Daum Nancy **, decorated cleared acid on yellow-orange background with small flowers wallflowers, registered Art Nouveau late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This vase is in good condition and is of high quality. It is signed on the side.
A note: small chip to the collar, light enameling defect in a sheet, micro-scratches time, see photos.
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* Molten glass: glass treatment known since ancient times (Pliny), rediscovered by H.Cros 1880, which sought fusible material workable in paste or liquid state. This is a colored crystal, previously pulverized and mixed with water, added with a binder to compose a paste; thereof after cooking becomes hard and translucent to then be modeled as a sculpture and colored. glass paste is true otient by amalgamating cold glasses and enamels crushed. The paste is then molded and subjected to baking in a lost wax mold; under the effect of heat agglomerate the components. (Larousse antiques and flea market).
* Following the 1870 war, Jean Daum (1825-1885), notary in Bitche, selling his study and opts for France. He moved to Nancy in 1876 and bought in 1878 a glassworks. In 1878, he associates his son Augustus. At his death in 1885, Auguste takes only the direction of the glass before being joined in 1887 by his brother Antonin. Production of glass will move towards artistic creation. The brothers prepare between 1889 and 1891 the creation of an art department that is entrusted to Antonin. Auguste gives it all means work to attend the wake dug by Emile Gallé in the Art Nouveau glassware. The 1900 World Expo brings international recognition with the award of a Grand Prix. In 1901, Daum will base with artists and Majorelle E.Gallé the Nancy School, spearheaded Art Nouveau. The company continues to participate in major exhibitions: Barcelona in 1923, International Arts Exhibition in Paris in 1925 deco, Colonial Exhibition in Paris in 1931. In the 1920s, Paul directs production to Art Deco to the loss of public interest in Art Nouveau. The crystal still exists and its production is internationally known for the quality of these creations.
