Pitcher with handle Art Nouveau DAUM-Nancy. France, ca.1900.
Blown and enamelled glass.
Curious and rare Art Nouveau Daum-Nancy jug, in cameo blown glass with black enamelled decoration of Dutch lake landscape with boats and mills.
Signed on the reverse "Daum Nancy" and cross of Lorraine.
Similar piece published in "Daum" by Galeria Katharina Buettiker, page 133.
Provenance: Private Spanish collection, formed between 1970 and 2010.
The stopper could be from a later period. Good preservation. Normal wear and tear due to use and the passage of time.
Measurements: 26.5 cm (height) x 14 cm (largest diameter).
The Daum manufacture was founded at the end of the 19th century by Augustin Daum (1853-1909) from a small family glassworks in Nancy. He was joined by his brother Antonin (1864-1931), and the Daum workshops soon became a meeting and training place for many young artists, who gave impetus to the Art Nouveau style in Nancy. At first they made ordinary glass, but in 1891 they decided to open a decorative workshop and to embark on artistic production, probably as a result of the success of Émile Gallé (1846-1904) at the 1889 Exhibition. Eventually, Daum had a factory with more than three hundred employees and a wide range of artistic production. During the First World War, the factory closed, but resumed production after the war, adapting to the change in aesthetics and leaving behind the modernism of its first period. During the Art Nouveau period, most of Daum's pieces were made of acid-etched cameo glass, but with the new Art Deco style, new techniques and decorative styles were investigated.