Opalescent Floral Covered Box by Rene Lalique
Rene Lalique, 'Primeveres' covered box, model 77, c. 1927, opalescent glass, decorated with a continuous band of flowers, acid stamp 'R. Lalique France' to underside, height 4.33 in. diameter 6.30 in.
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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.
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