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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: msiscoe on December 24, 2012, 05:40:00 AM
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Hello,
I purchased this opalescent plaque with birds and floral motif, and cannot id the maker. The seller sold it as Lalique, however, I can find no reference to it, and it is unsigned.
Many thanks,
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The birds and flowering branches bear some resemblance to Lalique's "Deux Colombes" (Two Doves) clock, but as far as I know the design was not made as a plaque like this. The website http://rlalique.com/ shows a December auction for what I think is the same plaque (but w/o the opalescence) in their "fakes and suspicious auctions" section.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/14674956_unsigned-old-lalique-plaque-with-raised-birds-on
Consolidated Glass, an American company, made some items based closely on some Lalique designs, so you might look into that - other possibilities I can think of include Verlys, Sabino, Etling.
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Yes, I saw the one at LiveAuctioneers, also attributed to Rene' Lalique.....and knew it was at least not documented anywhere in the literature.
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I also placed bids on this piece... I am 99.9% certain it's a Sabino piece. It is most definately not Lalique. John