René Jules Lalique (6 April 1860, Ay, Marne – 1 May 1945, Paris) was a French glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments.
A René Lalique frosted and polished glass ‘Cleones’ box and cover
MOULDED ‘R.LALIQUE’; PRE 1945
Marcilhac no. 49, designed introduced 1921
diam 17.5cm. Sold for £1,000 at Bonhams
A DEUX SIRENES BOX, NO. 43
designed 1921
opalescent
10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter
moulded R. LALIQUE, engraved France
R. Lalique Opulacent Box, “PRIMEVERES” Dimensions: 6 1/2″d From A Long Island Collector. Sold for $700 at World Auction Gallery LLC
R Lalique Makers Mark
“Monnaie du pape” Coffer. This coffer is something of a visual pun: the molded-glass panels are
symbolically decorated with Lunaria, a plant also known as “pope’s
money” or “money plant,” referencing its purpose. The lockable box was
obviously intended for safekeeping valuables, but what sort of strongbox
is made of glass? Signed (lid, lower right corner, engraved): R–LALIQUE – FRANCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A box and hinged cover
early 20th century
the sides cast with a frieze of waving fronds, the cover a moulded glass panel decorated with a naked woman within scrolling leaves stamped marks to metal including, LALIQUE’ 13.5cm. long
Toilet box Quatre Scarabées (Four scarabs), press-moulded, patinated and coloured France, Seine-et-Marne (Combs), designed 1911, available until 1947 designed by René Lalique, for Verrerie Combs-la-Ville Sir Claude Phillips Bequest (C.1499 &A-1924) It is possible that this was a special order by Sir Claude Phillips. The colouring is red enamel powder. This is an unusually successful example of a technique with which Lalique had considerable problems. He also tried colouring the scent bottle ‘Pavot’ (9501 nearby) in this way. Victoria and Albert Museum
Before devoting himself to glass, Lalique was an important jewelry designer. Combining such materials as ivory, horn, glass, and semiprecious stones, all chosen for their visual appeal, with gold and diamonds, he created flamboyant masterpieces of Art Nouveau jewelry. In 1909, Lalique rented a glass factory at Combes-la-Ville, near Paris, where he made perfume bottles. The following year, he acquired another factory in Alsace, which he used for the mass-production of glass using a press-molding technique. Working in a balanced, highly stylized manner that anticipated the Art Deco movement of the 1920s, Lalique designed a diverse range of products that included car hood ornaments, lamps, bottles, vases, ashtrays, and room fittings, as well as jewelry. The molded glass of this oblong brooch forms a scene of several grasshoppers. The turquoise coloring comes from the pigmented resin underneath the glass. The brooch is framed by marcasite stones set in copper, zinc, and nickel alloy. The Walter Art Museum
