BY AMALRIC WALTER AND ANTONIN DAUM, CIRCA 1904

In 1903 Amalric Walter signed a contract with MM Daum to develop pâte de verre. In 1904 Antonin Daum brought back from Greece some Tanagra sculptures to be imitated, from which Amalric Walter designed a series of animal models together with Henry Bergé, also employed by Daum (see following lots)
For illustrations of similar pieces, see Nancy 1900, Jugendstil in Lothringen, exhibition catalogue, Mainz, 1980, p. 402.