"Pacific 24"

Object NameDecanter with Stopper

Maker Daum et Cie (French, f. 1878)

Made FromGlass

Date1981

Place MadeFrance

Techniqueblown, probably molded

Size(a,b) H: 29.4 cm; (a) H: 22.3 cm, D: 17.8 cm; (b) H: 10.6 cm

Accession Number81.3.76

Credit LineGift of Daum et Cie

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionDecanter: colorless; stopper: very bubbly transparent greenish-blue at top, shading into semi-opaque olive green; decanter: blown or mold-blown with ground and polished rim; stopper: tooled or molded, lower part ground and polished. (a) Decanter. Rim everted with ground and polished lip; tall cylindrical neck splaying at bottom to merge with shoulder which descends in elongated S-shaped curve to greatest diameter, below which wall curves inward to concave disk-shaped base. On shoulder, maker's adhesive label, rectangular, inscribed "cristal/DAUM" above fourteen solid black circles arranged in three vertical rows of four circles with one vertical row of two circles to right. Acid-etched or engraved signatures: "CD" on underside of base, near edge; "Daum France" (cursive) on side of base. (b) Stopper. Knop consists of two curved elements of different sizes, reminiscent of the valves of a ribbed shell, partly enclosing central void; narrow solid stem and tapering stopper with sides and bottom ground and polished. Acid-etched or engraved signature on bottom: "CD".
Provenance

Source Daum et Cie (French, f. 1878) - 1981-08-21