Druide Vase
Manufacturer
René Lalique & Cie
(French, founded 1909)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1924-1937
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
InscribedEngraved around polished pontil: "R. Lalique, France No 937".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number86.331
Not on view
Published ReferencesRené Lalique. LALIQUE GLASS: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1932. Reprint: 1981. Corning: Corning Museum of Glass and Dover Publications: plate 9, #937, called "Druides."
Helga Hilschenz-Mlynek, Helmut Ricke. GLAS: HISTORISMUC, JUGENDSTIL, ART DÉCO. München : Prestel-Verlag. 1985: p. 295, no. 403.
Nancy O. Merrill. A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1989: p. 90, no. 128.
Félix Marcilhac. RENÈ LALIQUE, 1860-1945: MAÎTRE-VERRIER: ANALYSE DE L'OEUVRE ET CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Paris: Editions de l'Amateur. 1994. No. 937, p. 425.
