Rene Lalique Opalescent 'Tokio' Chrysanthemum Flower Box, Excellent Condition
A scarce Rene Lalique box 'Tokio', in a good opalescent colour, having the lid decorated all-over with a single chrysanthemum flower head. In excellent condition. Marcilhac model 50 -231, c.1921. Moulded 'Lalique' signature to the lid. Dia: 6.69 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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