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
Description"Druide" vase of mold blown glass. Round opalescent mistletoe design with berries in high relief. Painted with a blue-green wash.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.
