Lot 6
6
'DEUX OISEAUX', 'FLEURS D'AMOUR', A MOLDED GLASS BOX AND COVER AND A METAL BOX AND COVER

Details
'DEUX OISEAUX', 'FLEURS D'AMOUR', A MOLDED GLASS BOX AND COVER AND A METAL BOX AND COVER
BY RENE LALIQUE, MODELS INTRODUCED IN 1919 AND CIRCA 1922

Molded with two birds perched in a weeping cherry blossom tree, grey patina, molded in relief R. LALIQUE, together with a metal powder box impressed with pattern of two parrots in flight, stamped GLOIRE DE PARIS POUDRE BLANCHE ROGER ET GALLET PARIS R. LALIQUE
3in. (7.5cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris p. 229, #35, p. 970, Roger et Gallet-3; Nicholas M. Dawes, Lalique A Century of Glass for a Modern World, The Planning Corp., NY, 1989 no.80