APPRAISER: I would like to ask you where you acquired this piece.
GUEST: In America. In, um, what you call? Estate sale. It was very black. Very, very black. And I always feel I know underneath what it will be. And underneath, I saw it came from France.
APPRAISER: Can you share with us what you paid for it?
GUEST: Well, it was more than 45 years ago. I bought it for $50.
APPRAISER: It is a Daum piece. We can see the "Daum Nancy."
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: And the cross of Lorraine.
GUEST: Yes, right. Very interesting.
APPRAISER: They were one of the top cameo glass companies in the world.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: It's highly desired today. It was collectible 40 years ago, but not like it is today. The unusual part about this piece is that it has sterling fixtures. We see here a hallmark. And that is the Gorham factory in the United States.
GUEST: Oh! Yes!
APPRAISER: So you have a French glass and then you have an American fixture.
GUEST: Oh, top-- hmm.
APPRAISER: The glass is acid-cut back cameo with fire-polished floral decoration and gilded highlights. They experimented for a long time to get this gold gilding. And that happened about 1890. The piece would be in that 1890 to 1920s time period. If I had this in a nice, fine antique show, I would have it priced between $3,000 and $4,000. I want to thank you so much for bringing it.
GUEST: Oh, thank you! Wow! I can't believe!
