Miniature French Daum Nancy art glass vase, conical tapering form with etched and enameled scenic landscape decoration to all sides. Base marked "Daum Nancy" with the cross of Lorraine. 2" H. Early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.

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Overall very good condition, base edge with an in-the-making void.