Lot Essay
Although conceived as a vase, the story tells that the affluent of
the Belle Epoque utilized this exceptional object as a lavish caviar
server by filling the vessel with ice on which a small dish containing the black delicacy was rested.
cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, ref. no. 993;
Catalogue, René Lalique Museum, Suwa, Japan 1992, p.33
the Belle Epoque utilized this exceptional object as a lavish caviar
server by filling the vessel with ice on which a small dish containing the black delicacy was rested.
cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, ref. no. 993;
Catalogue, René Lalique Museum, Suwa, Japan 1992, p.33