R LALIQUE CLEAR, FROSTED & SEPIA STAIN GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE " AMBRE D ' ORSAY " 1911
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RENE LALIQUE CLEAR, FROSTED AND SIENNA STAINED GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE “AMBRE D'ORSAY” FOR D’ORSAY
INTRODUCED CIRCA 1911Up for a bid is this very collectable and well known perfume bottle designed by Rene Lalique for Maison D’Orsay circa 1911: “Ambre”. This was Lalique's first botle for D'Orsay and was a variant of the flacon "Quatre Aigles" that he had designed and produced for Maison Lalique a couple years earlier. In this version the caryatid-like figures on each corner ...are draped females in the style of medieval princesses holding flowers and the stopper is floral. Both flacons were made in clear and black glass. The use of black glass was unusual ( black was a symbol of mourning ). However, in 1910 the couturier Paul POIRET ( 1879 - 1944 ) had introduced a black evening dress which proved wildly popular. Lalique, sensing the changing taste and the movement to modernism, produced this black glass perfume bottle _together with "Mystere" and "Dandy"_, which also proved very popular. As a result the black version is readily available today while the clear version is very rare and carries a much higher value. The pressed-moulded clear and frosted glass bottle of tapered square column-like form has chamfered corners with four different draped female figures holding flowers moulded in low relief. Matching flattened square stopper moulded in low relief with florets ( Marcilhac - D’Orsay - 1 ). A light sienna patina on the recesses enhanced the decor. Signed and named embossed in the mould at the foot on opposite sides LALIQUE with the double tail letter Q and AMBRE D’ORSAY and bearing also control number 375 in script underneath the stopper's dauber. Height 5 1/8 in. ( 13 cm. ). A teeny chip under one of the four stopper's corners is mentioned in order to be accurate, otherwise in perfect original condition; this defect doesn't detract at all from the beauty of this rare bottle ranked rarity 1 and value A/B in the Utt's book. The scent of the original fragrance is still when the stopper is removed. Produced in France early 20th Century, circa 1911.
Ref.- Felix MARCILHAC: “Rene Lalique Maitre-Verrier. Analyse de l‘Oeuvre et Catalogue Raisonne”. Les Editions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1994, p. 933 and Mary Lou and Glenn UTT: “Lalique Perfume Bottles”. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1991, p. 61, 135 and fig. 101, 102 and 103.A MUST HAVE IN ANY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF PERFUME PRESENTATIONSBuyer to pay additional shipping, handling and insurance costs
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All sales finalBID WITH CONFIDENCE. GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTEDPlease note: as it is time consuming to answer all the questions, enquire only if you are seriously interested and all your queries will be answered before close of auctionRESERVES ARE NOT DISCLOSED
WE SHIP WORLDWIDEShipping quotes are only first hand estimates. Final shipping cost will be calculated when knowing where the piece is going to or the winner’s zip code
INTRODUCED CIRCA 1911Up for a bid is this very collectable and well known perfume bottle designed by Rene Lalique for Maison D’Orsay circa 1911: “Ambre”. This was Lalique's first botle for D'Orsay and was a variant of the flacon "Quatre Aigles" that he had designed and produced for Maison Lalique a couple years earlier. In this version the caryatid-like figures on each corner ...are draped females in the style of medieval princesses holding flowers and the stopper is floral. Both flacons were made in clear and black glass. The use of black glass was unusual ( black was a symbol of mourning ). However, in 1910 the couturier Paul POIRET ( 1879 - 1944 ) had introduced a black evening dress which proved wildly popular. Lalique, sensing the changing taste and the movement to modernism, produced this black glass perfume bottle _together with "Mystere" and "Dandy"_, which also proved very popular. As a result the black version is readily available today while the clear version is very rare and carries a much higher value. The pressed-moulded clear and frosted glass bottle of tapered square column-like form has chamfered corners with four different draped female figures holding flowers moulded in low relief. Matching flattened square stopper moulded in low relief with florets ( Marcilhac - D’Orsay - 1 ). A light sienna patina on the recesses enhanced the decor. Signed and named embossed in the mould at the foot on opposite sides LALIQUE with the double tail letter Q and AMBRE D’ORSAY and bearing also control number 375 in script underneath the stopper's dauber. Height 5 1/8 in. ( 13 cm. ). A teeny chip under one of the four stopper's corners is mentioned in order to be accurate, otherwise in perfect original condition; this defect doesn't detract at all from the beauty of this rare bottle ranked rarity 1 and value A/B in the Utt's book. The scent of the original fragrance is still when the stopper is removed. Produced in France early 20th Century, circa 1911.
Ref.- Felix MARCILHAC: “Rene Lalique Maitre-Verrier. Analyse de l‘Oeuvre et Catalogue Raisonne”. Les Editions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1994, p. 933 and Mary Lou and Glenn UTT: “Lalique Perfume Bottles”. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1991, p. 61, 135 and fig. 101, 102 and 103.A MUST HAVE IN ANY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF PERFUME PRESENTATIONSBuyer to pay additional shipping, handling and insurance costs
PayPal and other methods of payment are accepted
All sales finalBID WITH CONFIDENCE. GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTEDPlease note: as it is time consuming to answer all the questions, enquire only if you are seriously interested and all your queries will be answered before close of auctionRESERVES ARE NOT DISCLOSED
WE SHIP WORLDWIDEShipping quotes are only first hand estimates. Final shipping cost will be calculated when knowing where the piece is going to or the winner’s zip code
