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AN ART NOUVEAU HORN, PEARL AND GLASS BROOCH, BY RENE LALIQUE
Designed as two dark stained carved horn intertwined serpents, a baroque pearl clenched between their open jaws, a second baroque pearl hanging from one tail, the background filled with green and blue glass beads and smaller gilt beads, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1902, with French assay marks, in a R. Lalique black leather fitted case
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Designed as two dark stained carved horn intertwined serpents, a baroque pearl clenched between their open jaws, a second baroque pearl hanging from one tail, the background filled with green and blue glass beads and smaller gilt beads, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1902, with French assay marks, in a R. Lalique black leather fitted case
Signed Lalique for René Lalique
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, "Magnificent Jewels", 19 November 1997, lot 2
Sold Christie's Geneva, "Masterworks by René Lalique", 13 November 1986, lot 384
Sold Christie's Geneva, "Masterworks by René Lalique", 13 November 1986, lot 384
Literature
Vivienne Becker, The Jewellery of René Lalique, A Goldsmiths' Company Exhibition, 28 May to 24 July 1987, London, page 120, plate 111
The serpent was a prominent motif used by René Lalique throughout his career. The subject's powerful symbolism evoked such references as Medusa and the story of Eve. The scrolling serpent body was also an ideal form for the Art Nouveau style. Lalique designed several jewels incorporating serpents as well as a variety of objects including works in bronze and glass.
The serpent was a prominent motif used by René Lalique throughout his career. The subject's powerful symbolism evoked such references as Medusa and the story of Eve. The scrolling serpent body was also an ideal form for the Art Nouveau style. Lalique designed several jewels incorporating serpents as well as a variety of objects including works in bronze and glass.