Vacluse

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Object Name: 
Box with Cover
Title: 
Vacluse
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, probably Wingen-sur-Moder
Accession Number: 
2011.3.480
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.5 cm, Diam (max): 7.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1924
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; mold-pressed. (a) Circular box base. (b) Circular box cover. Top decorated with three birds perched on overlapping fern leaves. Thin vertical ribbing on sides of box and cover.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Steppa, Stanford, Source
2011-12-09
Steppa, Elaine, Source
2011-12-09
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
casting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Lalique / France
signature
: 
Scratched (a) on base

Publications (1)

Rene Lalique (1860-1945): des œuvres d'arts decoratifs ornees d'oiseaux (2016) illustrated, p. 285 (no. 845); BIB# 151079