Tête de Lion (Lion's head)
Seal
ca. 1911 (designed)
ca. 1911 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Seal, France, Seine-et-Marne (Combs), designed by René Lalique, for Verrerie Combs-la-Ville, 1911-45
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cast, by cire perdue technique and wheel cut |
| Brief description | Seal, France, Seine-et-Marne (Combs), designed by René Lalique, for Verrerie Combs-la-Ville, 1911-45 |
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| Gallery label | The cire perdue (lost wax) technique of casting glass was used by René Lalique for early works, for first production of new works, and for some special examples made for particular occasions or as gifts. The very fine crsipness of this seal points to its being made by this technique rather than by press-moulding, with wheel-cutting to refine the detail even further. It is possible that this was a special order to Lalique from Sir Claude Phillips. |
| Credit line | Sir Claude Phillips Bequest |
| Bibliographic reference | Marcilhac,F: Lalique, Paris, 1989 for general info., this seal not in catalogue; Arwas, V: Art nouveau-artdeco; Garner,P; History of Glass (ed. Dan Klein) |
| Other number | 9499 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1493-1924 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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