LOUIS DAMON (1860-1947)
Compoter with plate. Paris, ca. 1905.
Signed Damon 20 bd. Malesherbes Paris on the back of the compote dish.
Provenance: Private collection, Spain between 1970-1990.
Measurements: 9.5 cm (height); 13 cm (diameter) compote dish. 20 cm (plate diameter).
Compote dish with plate, Art Nouveau period, in translucent blown glass, hand-fired enamelled with vegetal decorations and gilt borders.
Louis Damon became the owner of the shop "Au Vase Etrusque" at 20 rue Malesherbes in Paris in 1887 at the age of 27. Greatly creative, he had a decoration workshop and made his own models for resale. In 1889, the Daum brothers entrusted him with the finishing of the Berluze vases with long handles. He worked on them in his workshop, finely engraving them with a cameo or intaglio wheel with plant motifs that he drew himself in an Art Nouveau style. He also distributed a range of glassware in Vallerysthal, Portieux and Baccarat. Rewarded in 1900 during the 1900 Universal Exhibition with a silver medal, he joined forces with his brother-in-law Delente. He then signed Damon and Delente/Au Vase Etrusque. In the 1920s, the shop moved to 4 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbia in Paris. It became Etablissements Damon with workshops located at 13 rue Verniquet in Paris, producing household appliances and artistic stained glass windows. Louis Damon's creations between 1889 and 1905 bear the signature LDamon, LDamon/Parus or DAMON/PARIS, sometimes followed by the address 20, bdMalesherbes.