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169 - DAUM NANCY Carafe with Lorraine crosses A rare moulded-blown…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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DAUM NANCY Carafe with Lorraine crosses A rare moulded-blown glass carafe with an acid-etched design, enhanced with gilding and white and black enamel, depicting Lorraine crosses and geometric motifs Handle applied whilst hot Signed ‘Daum Nancy’ 1891 model H: 26.5 cm Note: An identical model is held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. Bibliography: - Illustrated summary catalogue of acquisitions made between 1982 and 1984 with the support of the Regional Acquisition Funds for Museums, Paris, RMN, 1985. - Illustrated summary catalogue of acquisitions made between 1982 and 1984 with the assistance of the Regional Acquisition Funds for Museums, Paris, RMN, 1985. p.190, no. 1054, ill. - Claude Pétry, ‘Daum in the Museums of Nancy’, 1989, no. 9, p. 26. Exhibitions: - Daum Exhibition: Glass and Crystal, Nancy, Museum of Fine Arts, April 1981 – April 1982, no. 9. - Lorrains sans frontières: The Colours of the Orient, Nancy, Museum of Fine Arts, 7 October 2017 – 4 February 2018, published by Est Républicain. History: In 1878, Jean Daum bought the Avril, Bertrand et Cie glassworks, which had been established in Nancy in 1874. For around ten years, production was limited to watch glasses, bottles and drinking glasses. The company gradually took a new direction following Jean Daum’s death in 1885. A partnership then developed between his two sons, Auguste and Antonin, with the former handling the administrative side and the latter responsible for establishing an artistic production programme. It is generally accepted that this artistic production truly began in 1891, the very year this model was created. The complex decorative arrangement of this carafe features alternating bands running diagonally across it, bearing the Cross of Lorraine and cloud motifs in a Japanese style. This design, enhanced by the use of gilding, is etched. The Cross of Lorraine motif, borrowed from the region’s coat of arms, is part of the Lotharingian cultural movement that developed in the aftermath of the 1870 war. The Carafe with Lorraine Crosses is entirely characteristic of this style from the years 1890–1893.
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About the sale [NICE] PRESTIGIOUS SALE | PAINTINGS – SILVERWARE – FURNITURE & WORKS OF ART – DESIGN | ANANTARA PLAZA HOTEL
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Auction time 07/26/2026 at 7:00 PM
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