Rene Lalique Opalescent 'Dahlias' Bowl
A Rene Lalique 'Dahlias' bowl, no. 384, designed 1921, the shallow ovoid body moulded in relief with flowers and leaves, in frosted opalescent glass, moulded 'R. Lalique France, 9.25 in. diameter. Provenance: Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 7 October 1991, lot 219. Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above.
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- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
- 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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