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DAUM - Nancy "Ophrys mouche" circa 1900 Rare double...

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DAUM - Nancy "Ophrys mouche" circa 1900 Rare double glass soliflore with ovoid body and long flared and hemmed neck, on circular heel. Finely cut decoration in shiny reserve and polychrome enamelled with leaves and flowers of orchids Ophrys mouche supporting spider webs in slight relief on a yellow-ochre and brown-violet background jaspered with intercalated powders. Signature crest "Daum # Nancy" in reserve, in the decoration. H: 12.5 cm Bibliography: - Noël Daum: "Daum Maîtres Verriers 1870-1980", Edita Denoël, 1980, Switzerland, decoration on a variant vase reproduced on page 122. Bibliography: - Janine Bloch-Dermant, "G. Argy-Rousseau - les pâtes de verre", Les éditions de l'Amateur, paris, 1990, model reproduced page 179 at number 18.01 - Edith Mannoni: "Les Pâtes de Verres, autour de Daum et Gallé", Ch. Massin Editeur, model reproduced page 66. A rare "Ophrys mouche and bees" double layer glass vase by Daum - Nancy, around 1900. Finely etched and polychromatic enamelled decor of orchids flowers hanging spiderwebs on a yellow-ocher and purple-brown background with interlayer powders. Signed "Daum # Nancy", in the decor. H : 4,92 inch