A 'Violets' cameo glass vase, attributed to Daum Nancy, French, circa 1900
Estimate $2,500 – $3,500
THE HANS & GETRUD MUELLER COLLECTION, SYDNEY
the tapering cylindrical body with an acid-etched and enamelled design, on an etched ground, apparently unsigned
34.5 cm high
Provenance
Renee Antiques, New York
Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above 25 May 1989
Condition Report
Possible buffing to the edge of the top rim. Possible buffing to the inside surface of the underside; shard chip to the inside edge of buffed pontil mark to the underside of the foot. Rubbing to the gilding of the outside edge of the foot. Surface scratches to the enamelled and gilt decoration in places.
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