Rene Lalique Montdore bowl

Rene Lalique Montdore bowl. A 20th Century Art Deco French opalescent glass plate bowl with a relief of high relief fruits and flowers. The bowl appears to be clear but the opalescence in the base of the bowl enhamces this beautiful piece of glass.  Moulded signature to the underside R Lalique France . Marcilhac number 396.First designed 1928. Excellent original condition .

Mont-Dore (Le Mont-Dore) is a small town of around 1300 people and is about a 5 hour drive south of Paris in south central France on the Dordogne river. The town is known for its thermal springs in Summer (The Romans constructed baths there) and the skiing in the winter

History
Rene Lalique 1880-1945 Rene Lalique was born a rural 19th century man in a pre-industrialized Europe. It was a time before light bulbs, and telephones, before automobiles and washing machines and electricity. But by the time of his death in 1945 at the dawn of the atomic age, he would have completed two careers spanning two different centuries. In 1900 at the age of 40, he was the most celebrated jeweller in the world and an art nouveau artist and designer of magnificent proportions. But by 1925 at the height of the art deco era he was the most celebrated glassmaker in the world. In between Lalique would leave his contemporaries behind as he turned from creating unique jewellery and objects d’art, to the mass production of innovative and usable art glass. He brought glass into the home of everyday people where it had never been before, and he worked out the industrial techniques to mass produce his useful art glass objects on a scale and cost to complement the spreading industrial revolution and resulting worldwide appeal.

René Lalique died in 1945. His son Marc Lalique took over the business, operating initially as “M.Lalique” and later as “Cristal Lalique”. Under Marc’s leadership, the company transitioned from producing its famous Lalique Glass to producing lead glass, commonly known as crystal. Marie-Claude Lalique took control of the company following Marc’s death in 1977.
More information regarding Rene Lalique can be found in the Artists Section

Date – French Designed  1928

Condition Excellemt original  condition

Dimensions Diameter approx 22cm

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