Une Figurine et Bouquet

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Object Name: 
Box with Cover
Title: 
Une Figurine et Bouquet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
79.3.121
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4 cm, W: 7.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
designed in 1919
Credit Line: 
Gift of Otto W. Hilbert
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-pressed, acid-etched, ground, polished. Straight-walled cylindrical disc vessel with lid; cover has flat polished upper surface, interior side has acid-etched intaglio design of female dancing nude carrying flowering branches in each hand that curve in opposite directions around figure; walls of cover decorated with fine vertical ribbing, matte finish; undecorated container, rim ground and polished flat, walls deeply inset on flanged flat polished base; mold marks, no pontil; cover has rectangular panel near base edge enclosing molded block letters: "R. LALIQUE"; inscribed in script on base: "France".