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ANTIQUE #SA1120263

Early 20th Century Glass Car Mascot Entitled "Coq Nain" By René Lalique

£1,150    $1,457    €1,383
An excellent clear and frosted glass car mascot modelled as a feeding cockerel with fine hand finished detail. Signed R Lalique France
 
 
Coq Nain
 
Catalogue Number: 1135
 
Signature Identification: “R. Lalique France” moulded in relief around top of base
 
Date Introduced: February 10, 1928
 
Dimensions: 20.5 cm High
 
Felix Marcilhac Catalogue Raisonné Page: 498
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
Height: 20 cm
 
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
 
Circa: 1930
 
Materials: Clear Glass
 
Book Ref: R.Lalique – Catalogue Raisonné by Felix Marcilhac
 
Page No. 498
 
SKU: 6687
 
ABOUT
 
René Lalique Coq Nain
 
Lalique Glass
 
René Lalique (1860-1945) began his career as a jewellery apprentice at the age of 16, and by 1881 he was a freelance designer for many of the best-known Parisian jewellers. In 1885, he opened his own workshop on Place Gaillon in Paris, the former workshop of Jules Destape. In 1887, Lalique opened a business on Rue du Quatre-Septembre, and registered the ''RL'' mark the following year. In 1890, he opened a shop in the Opera District of Paris. Within a decade, Lalique was amongst the best-known Parisian jewellers.
 
Oiseau de Feu (Firebird), 1922
 
In 1905, Lalique opened a new shop at Place Vendôme which exhibited not only jewellery, but glass works as well. It was close to the shop of renowned perfumer François Coty; in 1907, Lalique began producing ornate perfume bottles for Coty. The production of glass objects began at his country villa in 1902, and continued there until at least 1912. The first Lalique glassworks opened in 1909 in a rented facility in Combs-la-Ville, which Lalique later purchased in 1913. In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass w...
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