Details
pâte-de-verre
218 x 538 x 6 in. (5.4 x 13.6 x 15.2 cm) (vide-poche)
112 x 312 x 2 in. (3.7 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm) (paperweight)
vide-poche stamped A WALTER NANCY and G, paperweight engraved Daum France
Provenance
'Grenouille' Vide Poche:Minna Rosenblatt Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Costa Rica, circa 1982-1983
Thence by descent to the present owner

'Chiot et Chaton' Paperweight:
Private Collection, Costa Rica, acquired in Amsterdam by 2007
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
J. Bloch-Dermant, Le Verre en France d'Émile Gallé à nos jours, Paris, 1986, p. 262 (for a related example of vide poche)
C. Bacri, N. Daum and C. Petry, Daum, Paris, 1992, pp. 144, 249 (for a related example of vide poche)
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