Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Archer Motor Mascot

Manufacturer René Lalique & Cie (French, founded 1909)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1928-1930

MediumMolded glass | Metal

DimensionsOverall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

InscribedEngraved around lower side: "R. LALIQUE FRANCE"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number87.22

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 220

DescriptionMolded round disk, colorless with slight amethyst tint decorated with intaglio design of an archer. Bottom should be a horizontal disk but has been cut off to fit into metal one for use as a paperweight.

Published ReferencesKatharine Morrison McClinton. LALIQUE FOR COLLECTORS. New York: Scribner. 1975: p. 127. René Lalique. LALIQUE GLASS: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1932. Reprint: 1981. Corning: Corning Museum of Glass and Dover Publications: planche 77, no. 1126. Nicholas M. Dawes. LALIQUE GLASS. New York: Crown Publishers. 1986: p. 73, fig. 143. Félix Marcilhac. RENÈ LALIQUE, 1860-1945: MAÎTRE-VERRIER: ANALYSE DE L'OEUVRE ET CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Paris: Editions de l'Amateur. 1994. No. 1126, p. 498.