Lot Essay
This is a rare commercial version of the Maison Lalique scent bottle Amphitrite. The decoration of the base is marginally different and the figure on the stopper is in a different pose.
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Details
'Le Succès'
Model created for D'Orsay, circa 1914,
a clear, frosted and olive-green stained scent bottle and stopper, moulded as a nautilus shell, the stopper moulded as a crouching figure of a naked female, moulded mark R.Lalique -- 9.2cm. high
Model created for D'Orsay, circa 1914,
a clear, frosted and olive-green stained scent bottle and stopper, moulded as a nautilus shell, the stopper moulded as a crouching figure of a naked female, moulded mark R.Lalique -- 9.2cm. high
Literature
F. Marcilhac, p.934.
Mary Lou and Glenn Utt, DO-6, figure 106 for illustration of clear and frosted example of this model.
Mary Lou and Glenn Utt, DO-6, figure 106 for illustration of clear and frosted example of this model.