French Daum Crystal Flower Desk Clock. No numbers or Roman numerals, only lines on the clock face to demarcate the time. The words "Daum" and "quartz" also appear on the black face. 

Condition: We cannot guarantee the working condition of any timepiece. 

Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. 

Daum is a crystal studio based in Nancy, France, founded in 1878 by master glass craftsman Jean Daum (1825-1885). His sons, Auguste Daum (1853-1909) and Antonin Daum (1864-1931), oversaw its growth during the burgeoning Art Nouveau period. During the Universal Exhibition of 1900 Daum was awarded a ‘Grand Prix’ medal. Daum glass became more elaborate in the early 1900s as acid etching by Jacques Grüber was often combined with carving, enameling, and engraving on solid pieces of glass. The most complicated creations also featured applied glass elements, such as handles and ornamental motifs in naturalistic forms. When Émile Gallé died in 1904 the Daum brothers became the leaders in the field of decorative glass. In 1906 Daum revived pâte de verre (glass paste), an ancient Egyptian technique of glass casting in which crushed glass is packed into a refractory mold and then fused in a kiln. The brothers perfected the method so that by the 1930s Daum window panels using pâte de verre for richness instead of leaded or painted glass were the most common feature in most buildings in Nancy. Today Daum is one of the only crystal manufacturers still employing the pâte de verre process for art glass and crystal sculptures. All their pieces are still handmade by hundreds of employees at the main manufacturing location in downtown Nancy, as well as an auxiliary plant in a nearby village called Vannes-le-Châtel. Daum has a store at Place Stanislas in Nancy and on Park Avenue in New York City. 

We cannot guarantee the working condition of any timepiece. 

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