Cameo Paysage Glass. Paysage literally translates to landscape. Makers such as Émile Gallé and Daum of Nancy used cameo glass techniques to make some beautiful glass items depicting landscape scenes during the Art Nouveau era.
Below are some examples and price guides of Art Nouveau cameo paysage glass items including a Gus Crystal Works vase and a Daum “Winter Landscape” vase.
Daum vase ‘Windswept trees in wind and rain’
‘Rain’ is one of the best-known designs found on cameo (overlay) glass produced in the French Art Nouveau style at the turn of the 20th century. Applied to a wide range of vases, it was issued by Daum Freres, a leading French glassworks managed by brothers Auguste and Antonin from the School of Nancy (L’ecole de Nancy), a group of highly-creative designers led by Emile Galle from his studio in Nancy, Lorraine, until his death in 1904.
Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A cameo glass vase, Gus Crystal Works, Moscow region, late 19th or early 20th century decorated in shades of purple overlay with a lakeside view, inscribed in Cyrillic ‘yu.s N.M. m.k Gus-Krust’ (Yuri Stepanovich Nechayev-Maltsov, heir of Gus’Khrustal’nyy) height 40.5cm, 16in.
Sold for 21,250 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2017
ÉMILE GALLÉ (FRENCH, 1846-1904) A Cameo Glass Paysage Vase, circa 1900 depicting a lake, tall trees and two boats; together with a Daum Nancy cameo glass salt decorated with a landscape scene vase 12.8cm high, etched ‘Gallé’; salt 6.5cm diam, with painted ‘Daum Nancy’ and Cross of Lorraine
Sold for £ 1,020 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020
Cameo Paysage Vase. A large De Vez double overlay cameo glass “Paysage” Vase with patinated bronze foot, circa 1910, signed in Cameo De Vez. Overlaid and acid-etched with a figure and a partial ruin in a landscape with trees, birds and water in the foreground, bronze cast with flowers 26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) high
Sold for £4,000 at Christies in 2016
Daum Art Nouveau Acid-Etched and Enameled Cameo Glass Winter Landscape Scene Vase Circa 1900 Of flared form, in mottled amber, orange and colorless glass, decorated with snow-covered trees in a forest at sunset, signed Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine. Height 15 1/2 inches.
Sold for $8,125 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2020
Pair Daum Nancy “Paysage d’Hiver” Cameo Salts
Enameled cameo glass, signed in enamel “Daum Nancy” with cross of Lorraine, very good condition, 1.125″ x 2″
Sold for $1,200 at Treasureseeker Auctions LLC in 2020
