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'VERONIQUE', A FINE AND RARE MOLDED GLASS VEILLEUSE

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'VERONIQUE', A FINE AND RARE MOLDED GLASS VEILLEUSE
BY RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1913

The domed circular base with grey patina, molded with branches, the broad spreading tiara molded to depict tapering floral sprays, inscribed Lalique
7¾in. (20cm.) high

拍品專文

The 'Veilleuses' (night lamps), were used mainly as decorative objects and commanded an exceptionally high price at the time. This, coupled with their excessive fragility, may explain their extreme rarity nowadays.

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, ref. no. 2565