Rene Lalique Calypso Coupe Ouverte. An Art deco opalescent and clear glass coupe ouverte with a design of 5 swirling water nymphs. In excellent original condition with a few air bubbles and light scratching. Faint acid etched signature R Lalique France. Marcilhac number 414 designed 1930. 35.4 cm diameterRene Lalique 1880-1945 Rene Lalique was born a rural 19th century man in a pre-industrialized Europe. It was a time before light bulbs, and telephones, before automobiles and washing machines and electricity. But by the time of his death in 1945 at the dawn of the atomic age, he would have completed two careers spanning two different centuries. In 1900 at the age of 40, he was the most celebrated jeweller in the world and an art nouveau artist and designer of magnificent proportions. But by 1925 at the height of the art deco era he was the most celebrated glassmaker in the world. In between Lalique would leave his contemporaries behind as he turned from creating unique jewellery an...