Perruches

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Perruches
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Wingen-sur-Moder
Accession Number: 
91.3.81
Dimensions: 
H: 25.5 cm, D: 24.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1919
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Lewison
Primary Description: 
Transparent reddish-amber glass; mold-blown. Almost spherical vessel with short collared opening, ground and polished rim; shoulder and body swell from opening, overall raised decoration of pairs of birds (in slightly varying poses) sitting on arcing flowering branches; overall matte surface with polished highlights; flat base, no pontil; inscribed in script near edge of base: "Lalique".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Lewison, Edward, Source
Lewison, Mrs. Edward F. (Betty), Source
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
Transparent reddish-amber
Technique: 
mold-blown, acid-etched

Publications (6)

Rene Lalique (1860-1945): des œuvres d'arts decoratifs ornees d'oiseaux (2016) illustrated, p. 203 (no. 568); BIB# 151079
René Lalique, 1860-1945 : maître-verrier : analyse et catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre de verre (2011 edition) (2011) illustrated, p. 410, #876; BIB# 133290
Rene Lalique 1860-1945 maitre-verrier: analyse de l’oeuvre et catalogue raisonne (1989 edition) (1989) illustrated, p. 410, pl. 876; BIB# 33384
Lalique Glass: The Complete Illustrated Catalogue for 1932 (1981) pl. 6, #876; BIB# 30422
Catalogue des verreries de René Lalique (1932-03) pl. 6, #876; BIB# 28820
Catalogue des verreries de René Lalique pl. 6, #876; BIB# 87580