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Perruches

 
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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Perruches
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
France, Combs-la-Ville
Date: 
designed in 1919
Color
AAT
green
Technique
AAT
glassblowing
AAT
molding
Material
AAT
glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.1 cm, Diam (max): 24.3 cm
Accession Number: 
2011.3.209
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent green glass; mold-blown. Ovoid vase widening toward shoulder; short straight-walled rim. Exterior of vessel decorated with pairs of parakeets perched on flowering branches.
Inscription
R. Lalique France Acid-etched and scratched on base "R. Lalique" is acid-etched; "France" is scratched.
Provenance
Steppa, Elaine, Source to 2011-12-09
Steppa, Stanford, Source to 2011-12-09
Rene Lalique, the famous French artist (2012-10) illustrated, p. 26;

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