Lot 11
11
'CYGNES', AN EXTREMELY RARE OPALESCENT GLASS BOX AND COVER

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'CYGNES', AN EXTREMELY RARE OPALESCENT GLASS BOX AND COVER
BY RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1919

Oval, the rich opalescent box molded with a flock of swans, molded in relief R. LALIQUE
3½in. (8.7cm.) long

Lot Essay

This is the only example of this box in the opalescent version known to exist

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris p.227, no. 23