Daum Vases and Vessels

Vase A by Cesar Baldaccini for Daum, France, 1970s, is a magnificent work of art that seamlessly combines form and function. Designed by renowned French sculptor Cesar Baldaccini, this multi-faceted vase is a stunning example of his mastery of sculptural forms. Made by renowned French glassmaker Daum, this vase features a highly polished, multi-faceted surface that reflects and refracts light in fascinating ways. The veneers are perfectly aligned and flawlessly executed, creating a breathtaking sense of depth and texture. The vase is signed "Daum France", which adds a touch of authenticity and provenance to the piece. This is a true collector's item, sought after by art lovers and collectors around the world. Functional, the Argos vase is ideal for presenting flowers or other decorative objects. Its sculptural form and multi-faceted surface create a dynamic backdrop that enhances the beauty of any arrangement. Overall, the Argos vase by Cesar Baldaccini for Daum, France, 1970s, is a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship. Its striking form, impeccable craftsmanship and exceptional provenance make it a highly coveted piece that is sure to impress and enchant anyone who sees it. Cesar Badaccini (1921-1998) His parents, Omer and Lelia Baldaccini, Italians of Tuscan origin, ran a bar in Marseille where César was born, with his twin sister Amandine, in 1921 in the popular district of Belle-de-Mai, at 71 rue Loubon, in the 3rd arrondissement1. "I am basically an absolute self-taught," he will say2. At the time, he designed and tinkered with carts for his little brother with cans. Nevertheless, after first working for his father (he also helped a butcher neighbor for a meager salary after leaving school at the age of twelve), he followed the courses of the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Marseille from 1935 to 1939; in 1937, he obtained three prizes, in engraving, drawing and architecture3. Not mobilized during the war (he also escaped the STO), he lived on scams before settling in Paris to be admitted, in 1943, to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts with Michel Guino, Albert Féraud, Daniel David, Eugène Dodeigne and Philippe Hiquily, like him in the workshop of Marcel Gimond. In 1945, he returned to Marseille to marry Maria Astruc, with whom he set up a business (they divorced in 1959). He returned to Paris in 1946 where he occupied a studio in an old brothel at 21 rue de l'Échaudé, whose rooms, following the Marthe Richard law, had been assigned to students4. There he met Émilenne Deschamps, who would later become one of his muses. Faced with the impossibility for him to work the stone, because of its cost, he turned to other materials3. From 1947, he worked on plaster and iron. In 1949, he was introduced to arc welding in an industrial carpentry in Trans-en-Provence and used lead in pushed sheets and welded iron wires. In 1951, he visited Pompeii and remained marked by the casts of the bodies of the inhabitants caught in the lava3. In 1952, he used inexpensive recovered materials and made his first sculptures in welded scrap metal: his means were then still modest. Thus, for lack of money and to afford marble, César will recover in the scrap dumps the materials of his first sculptures: tubes, bolts, screws that become insects or end up in the powerful curves of the Venus de Villetaneuse (1962). In 1954, he exhibited at the Lucien Durand gallery in Paris and obtained the "collabo" prize for a sculpture entitled Le Poisson5, made in Villetaneuse, a city where he worked for a dozen years thanks to the help of a local industrialist, Léon Jacques6. He gained fame when his work was bought for 100,000 francs in 1955 by the State for the National Museum of Modern Art7. The same year, he exhibited at the Salon de Mai. The following year, the MNAM bought Chauve-souris from 1954 and the museum of modern art in the city of Paris Le scorpion from 1955. From 1954 (Torse, MOMA), he also made sculptures in welded metal, then in partially polished bronze, of busty women (Ginette, 1958, Victoire de Villetaneuse, 1965). In 1956, he participated in the Venice Biennale then in the São Paulo Biennale and in the Documenta II in 1959. In 1958, he signed a contract with the Parisian gallery Claude Bernard3. In 1961, he approached Marino di Teana and joined the group of Nouveaux réalistes, a movement founded by art critic Pierre Restany8, including Arman, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint Phalle and Gérard Deschamps. When he could afford a workshop in 1957, rue Campagne-Première in Paris, he married Rosine Groult-Baldaccini (met at the Beaux-Arts in 1948) with whom he had a daughter, Anna, a year later. He also begins to frequent the world of the In 1968, he created at the National Manufacture of Sèvres a porcelain Ashtray published in fifty copies. Made of porcelain with a semi-matt pearly cover, it represents a plaster mold used for the production of the pieces, and was produced from an original aluminum model. In 1971, during a premiere at the Lido, he found more media than him: Salvador Dalí, the master of extravagance. He debates the same year in Italiques with François Truffaut, Lucien Bodard and Asher Ben...

Delicate Art Nouveau cameo vase of the early 20th century: Baluster-shaped stem vase with bulbous base on a stand ring with long, slender, curved neck, colorless glass with flaky whi...

Daum Nancy cameo and enamel glass vase, France, circa 1910 Decorated with trees and a far off landscape on a light opalescent ground Signe...

This exquisite Daum Nancy ‘Coloquinte’ Flacon (perfume bottle) combines a dazzling array of techniques. The body of the vase uses the intercalaire technique, whereby green, yellow oc...

A signed Daum miniature vase from the early 1900s, featuring a delicate winter landscape in acid-etched and polychrome enamel over multilayered glass. At just 1.58 inches tall, this...

PRESENTING A STUNNING Daum Violet Amethyst Pate de Verre Vase with original box and packaging,, Retains original Sacks Fifth Avenue Label. Made by the W...

Made by the world-renowned French maker of ‘Daum’ of Nancy, France circa 1960-80. An antique crystal masterpiece of exceptional proportions, the vase crystallizes the extraordinary k...

Delicate miniature Art Nouveau vase in acid-etched and enameled glass, signed Daum Nancy with the cross of Lorraine. Made in France, early 20th century, this refined piece embodies t...

"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s. Signed.

Landscape vase. Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.

A spectacular Art Deco style crystal fruit dish, from the legendary French Daum cristallerie. Constructed in an undulating Freeform design, this wonderful, heavy, vintage piece is in...

DAUM NANCY SIGNED MARKED FRANCE FRENCH ART DECO GLASS VASE PATE VERRE Daum Nancy signed marked Pate verre art deco vase in perfect condition, ...

This refined Art Deco amphora vase was realized and signed Nancy Daum in France circa 1925. It features an undulating body flanked on its neck by two ...

French Art Deco frosted molded glass vase by Daum, Nancy, France, 1920s. Height: 7.7"(19.5)cm, Diameter: 6.9"(17.5cm). Molded signature "Lorrain Nancy France" (see photo). In this pe...

Luxury at its finest, high-end glass vases with violet and orange colors by Daum, France. The vase - made out of art glass - has violet and orange glass on the bottom. In the glass ...

A Daum Art Deco green glass vase, thick heavy glass with broad inverted rim, deeply etched with stylized trees and plant life, signed on base...

A beautiful early 20th Century cameo glass vase decorated with blooming violets against a white field with excellent colour and detail, signed Daum Nancy with Cross of Lorraine ADDI...

A French wheel carved cameo and martelé glass "Crocus" vase by Daum. This Daum vase has gray cameo glass. It is decorated with stems and leaves ascending from the bulbous foot lead...

Cameo riverscape vase. Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.

Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky yellow-orange, with brown powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and delicately painted with coloured enamel, co...

Acid etched and enamelled glass case with silver mount. Signed Daun Nancy. France, CIRCA 1900.

A French Art Nouveau wheel-carved cameo glass vase by Daum, featuring a decoration of blue flowers and light blue and grey stems and leaves on an opa...

Etched and enameled glass vase, France, circa 1905. Etched signature to side: Daum Nancy 3501 with the cross of Lorraine. Provenance: private collection.

A beautiful acid etched vase signed Daum Nancy, france on it's black base circa 1930's Founded in 1878 by Jean Daum (1825–1885) in Nancy, France, Daum repres...

French Art Deco vase by Daum Nancy in yellow acid cut clear and frosted glass, signed.

Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky white, yellow-green and burgundy powder inclusions, yellow-orange, green and deep blue enamel melts, highly etched decoration with wild ...

This wonderful glass vase in the hues of a sunset over the sea is signed Lorrain in script.

Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky white and delicate red inclusions, yellowish and green powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and delicately pai...

This French Art Nouveau Glass Vase by Daum features ruby-toned handles and bees buzzing amongst the variously colored foliage featured on the vessel. The vase utilizes the famous Dau...

"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s. Signed.

Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base offset by a nodus, with gently curved, slender walls, slight constriction at the neck with flared rim, colorless glass with flaky yellow-orange,...

Daum, Nancy pâte de verre vase, early 20th century, Art Nouveau. A Daum, Nancy, Art Nouveau vase, 1900, in acid-etched pâte de verre. H: 27cm, D: 18cm

French Art Nouveau green cameo glass vase cut with leafy branch relief design. Signed: Daum Nancy. The Daum family worked at the beginning of Art Nouveau and creators of one of ...

Signed Daum Nacy with the cross of Lorraine.

A warm scenic tall vase by Daum Freres from Nancy France circa 1900. The scene is a landscape with lake and green trees and bushes in the fore and back ground. The interesting featur...

"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s. Signed.

Article: Crystal glass vase bowl Producer: Daum Nancy FRANCE (marked) Age: 1970s   Wonderful heavy glass element designed and produced by DAUM in France in the 1970s. This...

Daum Nancy Louis Majorelle Glass mold blown and Cast iron Cache pot or planter Bowl Circa: 1910 Nancy, France Condition: Excellent Diameter: 13.5 Inches Height: 4.8 inches A lovely...

French Modern Floral Cameo Glass Vase, Signed Daum+Nancy France France, 20th Century Signed in script signature 'Drum +Nancy-France' The vase fitted with a long neck, subtle m...

Daum Nancy internally decorated Glass Vase, with applied decoration France, circa 1925 signed in intaglio Daum Nancy with Lorraine cross Dimensions ...

A museum piece of French Art Nouveau glass art: Lamp with baluster-shaped foot on a stepped, flat, round stand raised in the centre, hemispherical shade, slightly heat-stretched and pressed upwards on four sides, made of multi-layered glass with coloured powder fusions, predominantly in yellow-orange, red, brown, green and blue-violet tones, with highly etched vine leaves and grapevine decoration, two fully sculpted snails on the foot as a special accent, Cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross on the foot in the lower area, and on the shade, which rests on a patinated metal mount, which also carries the threads for the light sources, one at the top and one inside the foot. Technique: Handmade cameo glass Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed, especially in Nancy. Manufactory: Daum Frères / Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating: Circa 1905 Dimensions: Height: 53,5 cm / 21.06 in Diameter: 32,0 cm / 12.59 in Bibliography: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, and page 561: Daum Frères Cie, Verreries de Nancy Condition: Very good The electrification is functional, but should be renewed for safety reasons. About the design: The development of Art Nouveau glass art coincides with a revolution in lighting, the significance of which we can no longer fully appreciate today in the 21st century. Around 1880-1890, oil lamps and paraffin lamps were still almost unrivalled in every household. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the ‘electricity fairy’ emerged as a remarkable advance and gradually found its way into the daily lives of all social classes. The glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy were true pioneers and eagerly seized the opportunity to use electricity to illuminate the colours applied to the glass. Colour was one of the main concerns of the master glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy. Emile and Antonin Daum returned to the colours that had made the stained glass of the Middle Ages so splendid and extended the palette of colours in the glass mass as they needed it for the floral motifs and exact representations of nature. But the modulation of the colours, their arrangement in juxtaposed patches, the technique that the Impressionist painters practised on their canvases at the same time, was difficult to achieve due to the nature of the glass melted in a large mass. To achieve this richness of expression, around 1900 Daum developed ‘the process of applying glass powder and enamel to the outside of the vases to create coloured backgrounds or decorative spots’, according to the report of the jury of the 1900 World Exhibition. The field of naturalistic, contrasting and shimmering colours was one in which Antonin Daum excelled. This new technical process made it possible to create the symphonies of colour that we find on the ‘Vignes et escargots’ lamp...

Property of A Private Collector Fine Daum Nancy Glass Perfume Bottle France, circa 1910 The diamond shaped bottle, decorated with a full blown iris...

French Art Deco vase by the Daum Brothers in Nancy, France. Made of clear acid etched glass with traces of gilding. Signed at the base.

An attractive early 20th Century cameo pillow glass vase etched and enamelled with flowering poppies in a deep green and yellow landscape. Signed Daum Nancy and with the Cross of Lor...

"Miniature Boating Vase" by Daum Frères A very fine early 20th Century miniature cameo glass vase etched etched with a scene of boats afloat on a sea landscape against a warm yellow...

Daum Nancy Enamelled and Acid-Etched Glass Vase – “Dutch Landscape” France 1896 signature. An exquisite example of late 19th-century French Art Nouveau glassmaking, this rare Daum ...

Tall French Daum Bacchus vase with amethyst glass top and green pâte de verre bottom, decorated with a woman face, grapes and leaves. Circa 2000. Signed ...

Cylindrical vase, colourless glass with flaky white, with cobalt blue powder inclusions in the lower section, highly etched exterior and delicately painted with coloured enamel, fuch...

This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched glass vase by Daum Nancy is a bright scene is dominated by two planes of mottled glass, golden yellow on top of deep purple, which togethe...

Daum nancy enamel art nouveau art nouveau style motif: orchid flowers green and orange colors glass vase with flowers and leaves around Signed with the cros...

"Montbrecia Vase" by Daum Frères An attractive early 20th Century cabinet cameo glass vase of solifleur form etched and enamelled with a floral landscape. The design heightened with...

Beautiful bamboo vase by Emilio Robba for the Daum Maison, France 2000s. Signed by the artist and manufacture. In very good condition, in its original box, the box has some wear. Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 6.8 x 21 x 6 Secure shipping The collaboration between Emilio Robba and the prestigious glassworks Daum is an exquisite fusion of two distinct artistic worlds, uniting the delicacy of nature captured by Robba and Daum's legendary expertise in crafting exceptional glass pieces. Emilio Robba, renowned for his talent in capturing natural beauty through his floral creations, brings his refined aesthetic and artistic sensitivity to this unique collaboration. His ability to transform nature into timeless works of art finds new expression in the medium of glass. On the other hand, the glassworks Daum, with decades of experience and unmatched craftsmanship, breathes life into Emilio Robba's floral visions with unparalleled precision and mastery. Each piece created in collaboration reveals a perfect harmony between the delicacy of botanical forms and the crystalline transparency of glass. Together, Emilio Robba and Daum transcend the boundaries of traditional floral art...

An exceptional Art Nouveau bud vase by Daum, featuring red and blue marmoreal decorations on a softly opalescent ground. The elongated neck enhances its elegant silhouette, making it...

A French wheel certainly carved this cameo and martelé glass "Crocus" vase by Daum Nancy. The base of this remarkable vase is colored in deep, swampy purples, against which darker-hu...

Daum Nancy wheel carved cameo vase, circa 1900.

Rare Daum vase from the 50s in thick yellow crystal. Hand blown signed vase in good condition

An enameled cameo glass vase signed in cameo Daum Nancy with Cross of Lorraine, circa 1910.

An attractive early 20th Century cabinet cameo glass vase etched and enamelled with budding flowers against a cream field, signed Daum Nancy and with the Cross of Lorraine ADDITIONAL...

Fuchsia Vase Daum Nancy Circa 1900 This exceptional Daum Nancy vase displays stunning enamel-painted fuchsias on its slender form. The vase is a masterwo...

The highly complex composition in this "Nénuphars," or "Water Lilies," cameo glass vase, by Daum Nancy, features the titular flower in various stages of bloom, as well as in various ...