Canarina - 1, Les Yeux Bleus

Title: 
Canarina - 1, Les Yeux Bleus

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Object Name: 
Perfume Bottle with Stopper
Title: 
Canarina - 1, Les Yeux Bleus
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
91.3.17
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.3 cm, W: 4 cm, D: 1.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1928
Credit Line: 
Gift of David J. Weinstein
Primary Description: 
Transparent cobalt glass; Mold-blown bottle, mold-pressed stopper. Small bottle with almost square front and back and narrow sides; pressed stopper in shape of flat horizontal rectangle (inscribed on underside 650), on one narrow side edge raised block letters CANARINA, deeply inset ground shank, long narrow applicator (probably lampworked); short lipped columnar neck, flat sides, broad front side decorated with raised stylized eyes in nested rows, eyes have been etched to give matte surface; flat base, inscribed towards one end 650; no pontil; in raised block letters on base: "R. LALIQUE/FRANCE (in between the above to lines are remains of an oval encircling what may be the number 100)".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Weinstein, David J., Source
Color: 
Transparent cobalt
Technique: 
mold blown bottle, pressed stopper
Inscription: 
650
inscription
: 
Engraved (b) on stopper
CANARINA
inscription
: 
(b) on stopper
650
inscription
: 
Engraved (a) towards one end
R. LALIQUE / FRANCE
signature
: 
Molded relief (a) on base