Pate de Verre Glass 

Pate de Verre Glass - The phrase  pate de verre means Paste of Glass.
 
Clear or Coloured  glass is very finely crushed and then mixed with a binding agent like gum arabic and water and often has enamels or dyes mixed in.
 
That paste is then normally applied as a covering over the piece and then when it has been heated and cooled,the piece is either engraved or carved to make stuning multi layered effects as a finished Pate de verre glass piece..
 
This was very popular in Art nouveau Glassware and the specialist in pate de verre glass   was the Daum.Brothers

Daum made a paste similar to that used in enamelling except that their paste is appled to the inside of a glass mould and evenly coated.
That then makes a hollow vessel with the coloured glass outside.
This produces quite magical effects and textures
This was a difficult and sometimes dangerous process and few manfactrers worked successfully with it.
 
DAUM NANCY PATE` DE VERRE`

 DAUM NANCY PATE` DE VERRE`

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BIG & NICE EARLY PAIR OF DAUM CANDELABRAS PATE DE VERRE

 BIG & NICE EARLY PAIR OF DAUM CANDELABRAS PATE DE VERRE

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An Americ Walter Nancy Pate de Verre box with a crab

 An Americ Walter Nancy Pate de Verre box with a crab

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An Almeric Walter pate de verre vide poche

 An Almeric Walter pate de verre vide poche

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ORIGINAL ALMERIC WALTER PATE DE VERRE, SIGNED

 ORIGINAL  ALMERIC  WALTER  PATE DE VERRE,  SIGNED

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Salvador Dali signed Daum France signed Pate-de-verre

 Salvador Dali signed  Daum France signed Pate-de-verre

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