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Title: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: langhaugh on July 17, 2011, 12:44:01 AM

I've had this Lalique piece for a while, but I've never really tried to find out much about it. However, I've just spent a couple of days looking at sites trying to get more information on it, and I can't find anything. I'm not sure even when it was made, as different sites seems to offer slightly different versions of the history of the mark. Any suggestions? It's 17.1 cm tall, btw.

Thanks for looking!


David

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: ahremck on July 17, 2011, 02:13:04 AM

Why not try and contact Lalique directly?

Ross

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: langhaugh on July 17, 2011, 02:48:38 AM

Why not, indeed?  Thanks for the reminder.

David

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: Anik R on July 17, 2011, 06:24:59 AM

David, it's a very attractive and masculine vase...  and I also think you're very fortunate. :)

See these two similar items from what looks like the same series:
item 647 http://www.icollector.com/auctionprint.aspx?as=10293
item 501 http://www.mckenziegallery.com.au/NovAuction2010%20-%20Lots%20500-595.htm

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: langhaugh on July 17, 2011, 08:13:32 AM

Anik:

Many thanks! Those links have certainly motivated me to do much more rigorous research.

David

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: Mosquito on July 17, 2011, 09:15:22 AM

Hi,

I don't recall the pattern, but this block letter stencilled mark dates from the early post-war period. (This mark is actually a modified R. Lalique mark with the 'R' omitted, hence the non central placement of the word 'France' below.)

Steven

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: langhaugh on July 17, 2011, 10:39:24 PM

Thanks, Steven.  It was the absence of the "R" that was causing me some confusion. The pieces that Anik references are early 40's so the date makes sense.

David

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: msiscoe on July 23, 2011, 04:51:00 AM

Hello, it's the bottom half of a perfume bottle, called "Helene", designed by Rene' Lalique. This one was produced right after the company resumed operations after WWII, under the direction of Marc Lalique, Rene's son.

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: langhaugh on July 23, 2011, 07:14:01 AM

Thanks for that info.  The perfume bottle is shown in the first link and there was  a smaller bottle as well.  

I can't quite figure out  how my piece became a vase, however.  In the pictures of the perfume bottles I've seen, the shoulder seems to be joined to the walls of the bottle with a stopper at the top.  The finish on the mouth of my piece looks pretty good to me.  Was it originally a vase or do you think soemone just did a very good job of taking the top off?  

David

Title: Re: Date and name of Lalique piece?
Post by: Mike M on July 23, 2011, 07:24:50 AM

Sadly

some has done a very good job of taking the top off (probably the neck had acquired a crack or large chip)

cheers

Mike