DAUM NANCY. Large vase with tapering body on pedestal and hemmed neck in blown multi-layered glass with acid-etched cameo winter décor of falling snow on a mountain undergrowth and stylized birds in white and black at the top on a marmoreal ground in blue and yellow at the bottom. Handwritten signature in black enamel on reverse, Nancy, circa 1905. H. 54.5 cm. (Some wear on the lower part). BIBLIOGRAPHY: Noël DAUM, "Daum maîtres verriers, 1870-1980", éditions Edita-Denoël, 1980, to be compared with the models reproduced and described on pages 58-59.

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