'Libellule et renoncules jaunes' table light, c. 1904 – Henri Bergé; Ernest Schneider

Lot: 10

Henri Bergé; Ernest Schneider
'Libellule et renoncules jaunes' table light, c. 1904

Mushroom shape. H. 38 cm. Execution: Daum Frères, Nancy. Cased glass, colorless, milk blue opalescent in the upper area, deep purple powder inclusions in the lower area, enamel fusions (Vitrifications) in different shades of green and yellow. Etched decor. Pond landscape with ranunculus. Dragonfly flying above the water surface as a partial, engraved application, the wings finely veined. Underside of foot signed: DAUM NANCY, Cross of Lorraine (engraved).

Dragonfly with slight chips.

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Hammer Price: 12,000 €

172A - Schools of Design
05. December 2023 at 3:00 PM CET

Literature:

Cf. cat. Daum Nancy, 4e exposition, Nancy 1980, No. 34; Hilschenz-Mlynek/Ricke, Glass coll. Hentrich, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Munich 1985, No 69; Cat. Schneider, Nancy 2003, p. 29, sketch for a goblet with pond landscape and dragonfly, monogrammed ES (Ernest Schneider) in the archive of the Schneider family; Bardin, Daum, une industrie d'art lorraine, Metz 2004, p. 175.

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Henri Bergé; Ernest Schneider'Libellule et renoncules jaunes' table light, c. 1904

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'Libellule et renoncules jaunes' table light, c. 1904