Rene Lalique Mistletoe Vase, 1924
A Rene Lalique Druide vase, designed 1924, also known as Gui De Chene', the ovoid body moulded with Mistletoe, in frosted and opalescent glass, moulded R. Lalique, 7.09 in. high. Provenance: Fine Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 June 1990, lot 523, illustrated, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 937, p. 425 (illustrated, another example)
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- Opalescent / Opaline - The descriptions of glass as "opalescent" or "opaline" are often used interchangeably by dealers and auction houses. At the upper end of the scale, opalescent / opaline glass can refer to the opal-like milky blue glass produced by Lalique and Etling. It also refers to the pressed glass mass produced in Britain from the 1840s with a milky white edge as sugar-basins, milk jugs and vases were made in great quantities for the mass market, and were sold at fairs along with Staffordshire figures and wooden dolls. A less common type of opalescent glass was made from two layers of glass blown into a mould.
- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
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Lalique (France), item types
- other items 1,103
- vases 562
- Lalique (France), patterns, vases
- Schneider / Le Verre Francais (France) - lamps and lighting 313
