ANTIQUE LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS CRYSTAL BIRD DISH (1945-1977)

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ANTIQUE LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS CRYSTAL BIRD DISH (1945-1977):
$31.38

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB FROSTED GLASS CRYSTAL BIRD DISH BY THE LEGENDARY GLASS DESIGNER FIRM LALIQUE. THIS AFOREMENTIONED FIRM WAS FOUNDED BY RENE JULES LALIQUE WHO BEGAN EXPERIMENTS WITH INNOVATIVE GLASS MOULDING TECHNIQUES IN 1880s SUCH AS \'LOST WAX\' TECHNIQUE. RENE LALIQUE IS SYNONYMOUS WITH FRENCH ART NOUVEAU DECORATIVE ARTS AND WAS HELD IN GREAT ESTEEM FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF OBJECTS INCLUDING PERFUME BOTTLES,VASES,INKWELLS,ANIMALS ,NYMPHS,ETC. AFTER THE DEATH OF LALIQUE IN 1945 THE RICH TRADITION OF THE FIRM CONTINUED BY MARC LALIQUE(SON OF RENE LALIQUE) AND SUBSEQUENTLY MARIE-CLAUDE (THE GRAND DAUGHTER).
THIS PARTICULAR BIRD DISH DEPICTS A PHEASANT WHICH IS MOULDED IN FROSTED GLASS.IT IS SIGNED ON THE BASE AS \'LALIQUE,FRANCE\'.THIS PIECE BELONG TO THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1945-1977 AS IT IS SIGNED \'LALIQUE,FRANCE) WHEN MARC LALIQUE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FIRM. IN 1977 MARIE-CLAUDE LALIQUE BECAME THE C.E.O OF THE COMPANY AND THE PIECES IN THIS PERIOD WERE MARKED \'LALIQUE H FRANCE\'. AS SHOWN ON THE PHOTOS THERE IS A MINUTE CHIP TO THE TAIL OF THE PHEASANT BUT OTHER THAN THAT IN EXCELLENT ORDER. MEASURES 10.2CM IN HEIGHT AND 9.3CM IN DIAMETER.
A SUPERB PIECE EXUDING WITH CHARACTER WHICH IS UNIQUE TO LALIQUE PIECES.