Rene Lalique Glass Opalescent Ondines Bowl

Object Description

Rene Lalique opalescent glass Ondines bowl, ‘Coupe refermee’ (closed-cup) design. The lip of the rim on this design curves inward. The pattern features Ondines (or Undines), a category of imaginary elemental beings associated with water, first named in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus, born 1493. Wheel cut makers mark, ‘R. Lalique FRANCE’ and engraved, ‘No 381’. Book reference: Marcilhac 381.

Object Condition

Very good. Visible mold lines from original manufacture on either side. One with an associated touch mark (this is not a chip). Small patch of wear to the rim. Strong opalescence.

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