Below are examples and price guides to acid-etched cameo glass items including a Daum Freres Vase and a Galle table lamp.

DAUM FRERES (FOUNDED 1878)
Solifleur Vase
circa 1900
internally decorated, overlaid and acid etched glass, the surfaces with martele wheel carving, cameo mark ‘DAUM NANCY’ with the Cross of Lorraine
height 10in (25.3cm); diameter 2 1/2in (6cm)

Sold for US$5,100 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2022

A THOMAS WEBB & SONS CAMEO GLASS VASE
CIRCA 1900, ACID ETCHED THOMAS WEBB & SONS CAMEO MARK
Acid-etched with intricate scrolling flowers and foliage, the yellow glass wall overlaid in opaque white with a stalk of cinquefoil flowers, the reverse with a butterfly
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high

Sold for USD 3,000 at Christie’s in 2018

Le Verre Francais Acid-Etched Cameo Glass Vase
Circa 1928
Height 22 inches.

Sold for $1,764 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2022

Large Legras French acid etched 2-color cameo glass 26 inch vase, circa 1900. Yellow-green ground with overlaid blue to rim and base. Beautiful opalescent base with modeled internal streaks to the top. Cherry blossom design with brown enameled branches, green enameled leaves, and yellow and orange enameled highlights to center of flowers. Polished pontil. Legras signed in cameo to lower edge.
Weight Approx., 15 lbs
Measures Approx., 8.5 inches diameter of base x 26 inches tall

Sold for US$1,600 at Taylor & Harris in 2022

Émile Gallé Table Lamp circa 1900

Acid-etched cameo glass, silver base and shade each signed Gallé with French silver hallmark

20 in. (50.8 cm) high

9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) diameter of shade

Sold for 11,340 USD at Sotheby’s in 2022

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Overlaid Cameo Glass. The term overlaid cameo glass relates to the technique of layering two or more layers of glass and carving through the fused layers of different colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. See also Cameo Glass

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Information on cameo parures. A parure is a set of jewellery which can be a combination of a matching necklace, earrings, brooch, bracelet and often a diadem or tiara. A variation is the demi-parure which consists of as few as two matching pieces, such as earrings and a necklace or brooch.

Cleverly, the parure was not static but modular and could be remade into more fashionable jewelry in order to stay au courant in the court and fashion-forward for the times. Members of court and higher social ranks vied for the best jewelers to create the most imaginative and elaborate collections that would astound one another and increase their status. Some necklaces could be worn intact or temporarily disassembled into bracelets, pendants, hair ornaments or brooches with smart interchangeable components and locking systems. Reference: Wikipedia

Enamel and diamond parure, Frascarolo
Comprising: a bracelet composed of enamelled paws and tiger’s head motif links, with circular-cut ruby eyes and single-cut muzzles, length approximately 165mm; a brooch designed as a tiger, applied with enamel, set with single-cut diamonds and circular-cut ruby eyes; and a ring, size H, each with Italian assay and maker’s marks.

Sold for 10,625 GBP at Sothebys in 2018

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Enamel Set Cameos. Enameling has been used for centuries and has often been used with cameos. The enamel used most often in jewellery and object d’art is vitreous of enamelling  which is made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing.

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Intaglios are the engravings on a gemstone, hardstone or glass. The are the reverse of a cameo. Intaglios are often used for jewellery and seals.

The engraving of gemstones was a major luxury art form in the Ancient world, and an important one in some later periods. Strictly speaking, engraving means carving in intaglio (with the design cut into the flat background of the stone), but relief carvings (with the design projecting out of the background as in nearly all cameos) are also covered by the term. This article uses cameo in its strict sense, to denote a carving exploiting layers of differently coloured stone. The activity is also called gem carving and the artists gem-cutters. References to antique gems and intaglios in a jewellery context will almost always mean carved gems; when referring to monumental sculpture, counter-relief, meaning the same as intaglio, is more likely to be used. Vessels like the Cup of the Ptolemies and heads or figures carved in the round are also known as hardstone carvings. Reference: Wikipedia

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Pâte de verre is a form of kiln casting and literally translated means glass paste. In this process, finely crushed glass is mixed with a binding material, such as a mixture of gum arabic and water, and often with colourants and enamels. The resultant paste is applied to the inner surface of a negative mould forming a coating. After the coated mould is fired at the appropriate temperature the glass is fused creating a hollow object that can have thick or thin walls depending on the thickness of the pate de verre layers. Daum, a French commercial crystal manufacturer, produce highly sculptural pieces in pate de verre. Reference: Wikipedia

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Information on cameo glass including a gallery of cameo glass items. Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. The technique is first seen in ancient Roman art of about 30 BC, where it was an alternative to the luxury engraved gem vessels in cameo style that used naturally layered semi-precious gemstones such as onyx and agate. Reference: Wikipedia

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