Rene Lalique 'Aras' Vase, Blue Opalescent Glass, c.1924
Rene Lalique, 'Aras' vase, designed 1924, of ovoid form, blue-stained opalescent glass, signature and number to underside 'R. 'Lalique France', 'N919', approx. Height 9.45 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
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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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