Rene Lalique Epines perfume bottle with red staining

Rene Lalique Epines perfume bottle with red staining. Epines means thorns in French- the perfume bottle is decorated with entwined thorns. Moulded signature R Lalique to underside of base. The staining is in good order and enhances the design. Designed c 1920. Marcilhac number 591 – approx. 11 cm tall. Stopper and base numbered 268v. A couple of  nibbles to the base of the stopper but otherwise in excellent original condition.

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 c 1920

Condition A couple of  nibbles to the base of the stopper but otherwise in excellent original condition.

Dimensions Height approx. 11 cm

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