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Ceylan

Vase
1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, press-moulded, opalescent and enamelled glass, designed by René Lalique, for Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), Wingen-sur-Moder, 1924-1947

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Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Ceylan (manufacturer's title)
  • Eight parrakeets
  • Huit Perruches (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Press-moulded, opalescent and enamelled glass
Brief description
Vase, press-moulded, opalescent and enamelled glass, designed by René Lalique, for Lalique glassworks (Verrerie d'Alsace), Wingen-sur-Moder, 1924-1947
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.2cm
  • Maximum width: 13.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'R Lalique France' and 'No 905' (check) (Makers's mark, incised)
Gallery label
See previous - material and technique. In Paris 1925?
Production
Available in the catalogues 1928-1947
Bibliographic reference
Marcilhac,F: Lalique, Paris, 1989, p.418, no. 905. Arwas,V: Art-nouveau-art deco. Garner,P: History of Glass (ed.Dan Klein)
Other number
0240 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.755-1969

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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