Bacchantes
Vase
1927 (designed), ca. 1970 (made)
1927 (designed), ca. 1970 (made)
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This vase was designed in 1927 and appeared in the Lalique glassworks catalogue the following year. This example was made before about 1970. After 1925 René Lalique introduced a range of colours into his commercial production. Yellows such as the amber colour of this vase were made by the inclusion of iron oxides in the glass body. Lalique often re-used decoration from one piece on other pieces. He used the figures from this vase individually in other settings.
Object details
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| Title | Bacchantes (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Press-moulded glass |
| Brief description | Vase, France, Bas-Rhin (Wingen-sur-Moder), designed by René Lalique, for Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), 1927-55 |
| Physical description | Designed by Rene Lalique in 1927, available from 1928, variously re-issued until after 1951. This example was made before ca. 1970. Mrs G. M. Spear Bequest |
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| Gallery label | After 1925 Lalique introduced a range of colours into his commercial production. Yellows such as this amber were made by the inclusion of iron oxides in the glass mass. Lalique also re-used the models of individual motifs in a variety of ways. The figures on this vase were used individually in other settings. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs. GM Spear |
| Production | Designed 1927, available from 1928, variously re-issued until after 1951, this example made before about 1970 |
| Summary | This vase was designed in 1927 and appeared in the Lalique glassworks catalogue the following year. This example was made before about 1970. After 1925 René Lalique introduced a range of colours into his commercial production. Yellows such as the amber colour of this vase were made by the inclusion of iron oxides in the glass body. Lalique often re-used decoration from one piece on other pieces. He used the figures from this vase individually in other settings. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marcilhac,F: Lalique,Paris,1989,p.438; Arwas,V: Glass Art Nouveau-Art Deco; Garner,P: The History of Glass ed. Dan Klein |
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| Accession number | CIRC.379-1970 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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