Western European Art Glass and Ceramics

Art Nouveau "Morelles douces-amères" vase featuring bittersweet nightshade branches

    Art Nouveau "Morelles douces-amères" vase featuring bittersweet nightshade branches

    France, Nancy

    Circa 1918

    Daum Freres manufactory

    Clear glass, enamel; acid-etching, chemical matting (acid-frosting), polychrome enamel painting

    Height 42.2 cm

    The mark on the body: "Daum/Cross of Lorraine/Nancy/France" in triangle (ornamental inscription in black enamel/paint)

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    The vase boasts a refined, elongated form with a narrow lower section, a widening body, and a characteristic funnel-shaped, softly rounded rim. The structure is anchored by a stable, circular disk foot of a deep burgundy-brown hue. A detailed floral decoration is applied against a matte background that transitions from a translucent milky-white at the neck to warm amber-orange and ochre tones toward the bottom. The design, depicting twisting branches of bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), is executed using a multi-layered acid-etching technique that creates a relief pattern, followed by meticulous hand-painting in colored enamels. Detailed, pointed autumn leaves in reddish-brown tones and cascading clusters of small, dark nightshade berries are intricately rendered on the body. Thanks to the interplay of light across the varying thicknesses of the glass, the branches appear remarkably lifelike and three-dimensional.

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