Fleurettes

Object NamePerfume Bottle with Stopper

Series

Garnitures de toilette

Designerprobably René Lalique (French, 1860-1945)

Maker Lalique et Cie (France)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Datedesigned in 1919

Place MadeFrance

Techniquemold blown bottle, pressed stopper, acid-etched

Size(a,b) H: 12.9 cm, WxD: 6.3 cm x 6.3 cm

Accession Number91.3.79

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Lewison

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, matte finish and sepia patina on floral details; mold blown bottle, pressed stopper, acid-etched, patinated, polished. Vertical squared bottle flaring and swelling towards base, all floral decoration on stopper and bottle acid-etched and patinated sepia; pressed colorless solid mushroom-shaped stopper with raised edge decoration of stylized flowers laying end to end, deeply inset short solid ground shank (frozen in place); bottle has short, lipped columnar neck, ground flat and slightly beveled; at each chamfered corner the squared shoulder meets vertical bands of floral decoration extending to base, flattened sides are undecorated; slightly concave base ground and polished, inscribed 675a; no pontil; impressed on center bottom of base in block letters: "LALIQUE (over first faint impression)".
Provenance

Source Betty Lewison

Source Dr. Edward Lewison