A Daum Nancy 'Fuchsia' cameo glass vase, French, circa 1900
Estimate $1,500 – $2,000
THE HANS & GETRUD MUELLER COLLECTION, SYDNEY
the rectangular body with an acid-etched and enamelled design on an etched ground, acid-etched signature 'Daum Nancy' and the Cross of Lorraine
12.5 cm high
- Lot Sold $1,900 (Hammer Price)
- $2,318 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Antique & Contemporary Furnishings Auction, Combined Auctions, Sydney, 9 February 2001, lot 129
Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above
Condition Report
Top rim good. Shallow shard chip one lower side edge and evidence of possible previous buffing to the same edge. Approximately four small chips to the opposing lower edge, and another chip approximately 1 mm wide to the lower edge of one side near the corner. Cameo carved and enamelled decoration in good order, with light wear to enamel and gilding in places, but generally intact.
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