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Calendal

Perfume Atomizer
July 1929 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Perfume atomizer or scent spray bottle with brass metal cap, ovoid shape with raised moulding which has been machine blown-moulded and patinated. The glass is covered with a green enamel and decorated with a frieze of dancing female nudes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Perfume Atomizer
  • Cap (Closures)
TitleCalendal (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Glass, Enamel, Metal
Brief description
Glass perfume atomizer and metal (brass) cap, machine blow-moulded with painted enamel decoration, René Lalique, Lalique Glassworks, France, designed July 1929, made ca. 1930.
Physical description
Perfume atomizer or scent spray bottle with brass metal cap, ovoid shape with raised moulding which has been machine blown-moulded and patinated. The glass is covered with a green enamel and decorated with a frieze of dancing female nudes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
  • Width: 8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • "Molinard Paris France" (Acid-etched on the glass base)
  • "177 O (an arrow) F Molinard Jeune Grasse Paris Le Parisien (?) B...60G" (Engraved on the metal rim)
Credit line
Given by R.J.C. Hildyard
Object history
Made exclusively for the perfumier, Molinard, with branches in Grasse and Paris.
Bibliographic reference
Marcilhac,F: F R Lalique, catalogue raisonné, Edition de l'Amateur, 1989, p 958
Collection
Accession number
C.4:1-1997

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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