A Rene Lalique 'Nemours' bowl, designed 1929, the shallow ovoid body moulded with a radiating pattern of flower heads graduating in size, in frosted and clear glass with a green patina and black enamel highlights, moulded 'R. Lalique France, 10.04 in. diameter. Provenance: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 April 1988, lot 315, 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. 404, p. 229 (illustrated, another example)
- Patination / Patina - In broad terms, patination refers to the exterior surface appearance of the timber, the effect of fading caused by exposure to sunlight and air over the course of a century or more, changing the piece to a soft, mellow colour.
As patina is very difficult to replicate, it is one of the most important guides to determining the age of furniture.
Patina is also the term applied to the bloom or film found on old bronzes due to oxidisation.
- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
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