What is opalescent glass?

It's glass with a milky blue-white quality that warms up when light passes through it. It's named in 197 of the 503 titles recorded on Sellingantiques, which makes it the defining surface of the category. Several pattern names occur both with and without the word, so the same model exists in plain clear or frosted form as well.

Why are the pieces named in French?

The factory gave every model a name, and the trade has kept them. Coquilles, Ondines, Poissons, Moineau, Anemone, Ceylan and Perruches are model names, not descriptions of shape. Nearly every listing is titled that way. Pattern name, then form, then size number is the usual order.

How old is most of it?

Interwar. Of the dated listings, 274 fall in the 1920s and 172 in the 1930s, so the two decades together account for the overwhelming bulk. The 1910s contribute 23, and the tail past the war is tiny: three in the 1960s, two in the 1950s, one in the 1940s.

What were the car mascots for?

They're moulded glass radiator ornaments for motor cars. Fifty titles carry the term, among them Sanglier, Victoire, Archer, Coq Houdan, Vitesse, Tete d'Aigle, Grande Libellule and Cinq Chevaux. They sit apart from the tableware in price as well as purpose, taking up a large share of the upper range.

Do the model numbers mean anything?

Yes. No1 through No5 are factory size numbers within one pattern, so a Coquilles No1 and a Coquilles No5 are the same design at different diameters. No1 appears in 18 titles and No2 in eight. The larger numbers, along with anything titled charger or largest size, occupy the upper half of the range.

Which colours turn up besides clear and frosted?

Amber leads, named in 15 titles. Green, topaz, olive green, electric blue and amethyst-tinted examples appear only in ones and twos across the whole archive, and one ashtray is recorded in alexandrite glass. Colour lifts a piece above its clear equivalent. Green Formose, deep amber Ormeaux and electric blue Ronces all sit well clear of the plain versions of the same models.

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Press-moulded French glass of the 1920s and 1930s, made as bowls, vases, scent bottles, paperweights and car radiator mascots, and sold then as it is now by the name of the pattern moulded into it.

Rene Lalique Set of Two Riquewihr Candlesticks C1937

1920 - 1940

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Rene Lalique Set of Two Riquewihr Candlesticks C1937

From Bradley Gent

£595

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Rene Lalique Opalescent Coquilles No4 Plate C1924

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Opalescent Coquilles No4 Plate C1924

From Bradley Gent

£345

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1920 - 1940

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Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Roscoff' Coupe Ouverte,

From Solo Antiques

£2,450

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Rene Lalique Opalescent & Blue Stained Ceylan Vase

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Opalescent & Blue Stained Ceylan Vase

From Bradley Gent

£4,950

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1900 - 1920

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René Lalique

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£1,450

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Rene Lalique Large Opalescent Oeillets Shallow Bowl C1932

1920 - 1940

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Rene Lalique Large Opalescent Oeillets Shallow Bowl C1932

From Bradley Gent

£1,000

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Rene Lalique Raisins Six Pans Bowl C1923

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Raisins Six Pans Bowl C1923

From Bradley Gent

£195

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1900 - 1920

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Large Opalescent Bowl by Rene Lalique

From Antoinettes Heirlooms

£280

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Large Rene Lalique Opalescent Calypso Charger

1920 - 1940

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Large Rene Lalique Opalescent Calypso Charger

From William Rand Antiques

£3,500

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Rene Lalique Clear, Frosted and Blue Stained Lierre Porte -Cigarette or Cigarette Holder.

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Clear, Frosted and Blue Stained Lierre Porte -Cigarette or Cigarette Holder.

From Solo Antiques

£425

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Colour is scarce in the Sellingantiques archive. Amber leads with 15 titles, while green, topaz, electric blue and amethyst-tinted examples turn up in ones and twos.

Rene Lalique Opalescent Ondines Plate C1921

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Opalescent Ondines Plate C1921

From Bradley Gent

£1,950

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1920 - 1940

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Rene Lalique Montdore Bowl

From Solo Antiques

£595

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1920 - 1940

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Rene Lalique Actinia Plate

From Solo Antiques

£695

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Rene Lalique Blue Stained Moineau Paperweight on Socle C1932

1920 - 1940

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Rene Lalique Blue Stained Moineau Paperweight on Socle C1932

From Bradley Gent

£950

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Rene Lalique Cigalia Perfume Bottle C1925

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Cigalia Perfume Bottle C1925

From Bradley Gent

£1,950

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Rene Lalique Pavot Perfume Bottle with Box C1927

1900 - 1920

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Rene Lalique Pavot Perfume Bottle with Box C1927

From Bradley Gent

£695

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Antique Lalique Glass

Rene Lalique Set of Two Riquewihr Candlesticks C1937

Rene Lalique Opalescent Coquilles No4 Plate C1924

Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Roscoff' Coupe Ouverte,

Rene Lalique Opalescent & Blue Stained Ceylan Vase

René Lalique

Rene Lalique Large Opalescent Oeillets Shallow Bowl C1932

Rene Lalique Raisins Six Pans Bowl C1923

Large Opalescent Bowl by Rene Lalique

Large Rene Lalique Opalescent Calypso Charger

Rene Lalique Clear, Frosted and Blue Stained Lierre Porte -Cigarette or Cigarette Holder.

Rene Lalique Opalescent Ondines Plate C1921

Rene Lalique Montdore Bowl

Rene Lalique Actinia Plate

Rene Lalique Blue Stained Moineau Paperweight on Socle C1932

Rene Lalique Cigalia Perfume Bottle C1925

Rene Lalique Pavot Perfume Bottle with Box C1927

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