Lot: 90

Jacques Gruber
'Lampe Arabe' - 'Le Jour' vase, 1892

Cup shape on trumpet stand. H. 29 cm. Made by Daum Frères, Nancy. Overlaid glass, colourless and dark purple. Etched and polychrome enamelled decoration with a heraldic eagle, heightened with Gold. The edge of the lip with a richly decorated ribbon with several storks, French Lily and Lorraine crosses, above the stand an analogue ribbon with bats. Signed: Daum, cross of Lorraine, Nancy (minimal remains of gilding).

The model was shown at the World's Fair in Chicago 1893.

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Hammer Price: 15,500 €

156B - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
08. June 2021 at 4:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Bardin, Daum une industrie d'art lorraine, Metz 2004, p. 121 (original photo of the World Fair in Chicago), p. 124f. (with text); Daum, Daum Maîtres verrerier, Lausanne 1980, p. 41 (with maquette); Ricke / Schmitt, Gerda Koepff Glass Collection, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Munich 1998, p. 57 (drawing by J. Gruber).