A bulbous vase with various yellow-brown butterflies scattered over the white glass. The mottled butterflies are a mix of sizes and shapes and face up, down, and sideways, with details etched in simple lines. At the lower left of the vase is a marking reading 'Daum / Nancy' in a conjoined triangular shape, with the strokes of D and N meeting those of M and Y in a point below the words.

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Object Timeline

1910	Work on this object ended.
1996	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2019	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Vase (France)

This is a vase. It was manufactured by Daum. It is dated ca. 1905 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Daum produced layered glass similar to that of Emile Gallé’s, and gradually perfected several original and difficult techniques, such as using colored glass powder, wheel cutting, martelage (producing a hammered texture), mold-blowing, and acid etching. These techniques resulted in stunning decorative effects
when combined on a single piece of glass.

This object was donated by Estate of Max Kobre. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.