Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase with a “Birch Scene” Design

A beautiful example of a ‘paysage en été’ (summer landscape), this Daum Nancy “Birch Scene” Cameo Glass Vase depicts a languid summer scene, blending soft yellows and blues at the opening of the vase and giving way to lovely shades of green around the lower half. Clusters of delicate birch trees emerge from the tapered base, acid etched and enameled in detail with a whimsical rendering of the leaves encircling the top of the vase. In the background, wooded islands float in a sea of mottled green; their hazy reflection evoking the idyllic quality of a summer afternoon through cameo glass.