Daum Frères, Vase 'Bryones', 1909

Daum Frères, Nancy , Vase 'Bryones', 1909, H. 40 cm. Designed by Henri Bergé. Cased glass, clear, milk white, yellowish and purple powder inclusions, green enamel fusions ('Vitrifications'), etched and enamelled decor, all-round motif with tendrils of the beet (Bryona ioica) with numerous berries, twelve of which are applied as cabochons. Signed on the wall: DAUM NANCY, Lorraine cross (cameo lettering)., Cf. Cat. Daum, Collection du Musée de Beaux Arts de Nancy, Paris 2000, no. 306; cf. Cat. Daum dans les musées de Nancy, no. 43 (sketch by Henri Bergé); cf. Cat. Coll. Daum, Tokyo 1987, no. 145.