Daum Frères, Nancy, Miniature pot 'La Colombe et
Daum Frères, Nancy, Miniature pot 'La Colombe et la Fourmi', 1898, H. 3.3 cm. Overlaid glass, opal white and colorless, decor in black solder, motif with a dove saving an ant from drowning, from a fable by La Fontaine; back and on the lid polychrome enamelled flowers, heightened with gold. Bottom signed: Daum, cross of Lorraine, Nancy (gold signature)., Cf. Bardin, Daum, une industrie d'art lorraine, Metz 2004, p. 168.
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Daum Frères, Nancy, Miniature pot 'La Colombe et la Fourmi', 1898, H. 3.3 cm. Overlaid glass, opal white and colorless, decor in black solder, motif with a dove saving an ant from drowning, from a fable by La Fontaine; back and on the lid polychrome enamelled flowers, heightened with gold. Bottom signed: Daum, cross of Lorraine, Nancy (gold signature)., Cf. Bardin, Daum, une industrie d'art lorraine, Metz 2004, p. 168.