This strong design is justifiably considered to be a milestone, both technically and artistically in the twentieth century decorative arts. The vessel's wall varies in thickness from 5mm to nearly 4cm, making it one of Lalique's foremost achievements in power-pressed glass production. After the glass was cast, cleaned and polished, enamel was applied -- a complex procedure which Lalique had mastered as a jeweler some three decades before. Artistically, once again, he has succeeded in transforming a favored, if somewhat 'passé' Art Nouveau motif, the 'wind', into a fresh modernist form.

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris ref. no. 973;
C. Vane Percy, The Glass of Lalique: a Collector's Guide, 1977, Blacker, Calmann Cooper Ltd., London, p.38; Nicholas M. Dawes, Lalique Glass, Crown Publishers Inc., NY, 1986, p.107; alique Par Lalique, Société Lalique, Paris, 1977, p.187