Not on display

Tête de Lion (Lion's head)

Seal
ca. 1911 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Verrerie Combs-La-Ville (manufacturer)
Lalique, René Jules (designer)
Place of origin
Combs-la-Ville (made)

Seal, France, Seine-et-Marne (Combs), designed by René Lalique, for Verrerie Combs-la-Ville, 1911-45

Object details

Object type
Seal
Titles
  • Tête de Lion (Lion's head)
  • Tête de Lion (manufacturer's title)
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
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.0cm
  • Width: 1.5cm
Style
20TH CONT
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
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1493-1924

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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