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A RARE ART NOUVEAU "BUTTERFLIES AND BATS" POCKETWATCH, BY RENE LALIQUE
Of gilt-finished jeweled lever movement, the openface pocketwatch of circular outline with blued-steel moon-style hands and applied black enameled Arabic numerals, against the gold ground accented by blue and white enameled fluttering butterflies, within a polished gold case, the reverse depicting numerous flying purplish blue enameled bats, with scattered moonstone accents, further embellished by a sculpted gold serpent bow, circa 1899-1900, with French export marks
Signed Lalique for René Lalique; case, cuvette and movement no. 16423
Of gilt-finished jeweled lever movement, the openface pocketwatch of circular outline with blued-steel moon-style hands and applied black enameled Arabic numerals, against the gold ground accented by blue and white enameled fluttering butterflies, within a polished gold case, the reverse depicting numerous flying purplish blue enameled bats, with scattered moonstone accents, further embellished by a sculpted gold serpent bow, circa 1899-1900, with French export marks
Signed Lalique for René Lalique; case, cuvette and movement no. 16423
Literature
Sigrid Barten, "René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d'art 1890-1910: Monographie und Werkkatalog", Prestel-Verlag, München, 1977, page 501
Vivienne Becker, "The Jewellery of René Lalique", The Goldsmith's Company, 1987, pages 134-135
Yvonne Brunhammer, "The Jewels of Lalique", Flammarion, Paris, 1998, page 70-71
Michael Koch, "The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery: 1850-1910", Thomas Henage & Co. Limited, London, 1991, page 221
Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel, "Bejeweled: Great Designers, Celebrity Style", Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2001, page 43
Alastair Duncan, "The Paris Salons, 1895-1914: Volume II", Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994, page 37
"René Lalique: 1860-1945", APT International Inc., Tokyo, 2000-2001, page 102-103
Vivienne Becker, "The Jewellery of René Lalique", The Goldsmith's Company, 1987, pages 134-135
Yvonne Brunhammer, "The Jewels of Lalique", Flammarion, Paris, 1998, page 70-71
Michael Koch, "The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery: 1850-1910", Thomas Henage & Co. Limited, London, 1991, page 221
Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel, "Bejeweled: Great Designers, Celebrity Style", Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2001, page 43
Alastair Duncan, "The Paris Salons, 1895-1914: Volume II", Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994, page 37
"René Lalique: 1860-1945", APT International Inc., Tokyo, 2000-2001, page 102-103
Exhibited
"Art Nouveau: Belgium, France", Rice Museum, 26 March-27 June 1976; Chicago, The Art Institute, 28 August-31 October 1976, no. 252
"Art Nouveau Jewelry by René Lalique", Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, Kimbell
Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985, no. 56
"The Jewellery of René Lalique", London, The Goldsmiths' Hall, 28 May-22 November 1987, no. 126
"Pariser Schmuck: vom 2. Kaiserreich zur Belle Epoque", Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, 1 December 1989-4 March 1990, no. 142
"René Lalique, Jewelry Glass", Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 22 October 1991-March 1992, no. 224
"René Lalique", Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, 23 May-12 July 1992, no. 137
"The Jewels of Lalique", New York, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 3 February-12 April 1998; Washington D.C., International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 15 May-16 August 1998; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 13 September 1998-10 January 1999, no. 46
"Art Nouveau Jewelry by René Lalique", Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, Kimbell
Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985, no. 56
"The Jewellery of René Lalique", London, The Goldsmiths' Hall, 28 May-22 November 1987, no. 126
"Pariser Schmuck: vom 2. Kaiserreich zur Belle Epoque", Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, 1 December 1989-4 March 1990, no. 142
"René Lalique, Jewelry Glass", Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 22 October 1991-March 1992, no. 224
"René Lalique", Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, 23 May-12 July 1992, no. 137
"The Jewels of Lalique", New York, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 3 February-12 April 1998; Washington D.C., International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 15 May-16 August 1998; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 13 September 1998-10 January 1999, no. 46