{"id":1921,"date":"2017-05-05T10:57:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T09:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madelena.com\/blog\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2021-04-30T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T10:55:05","slug":"lalique-rene-vase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madelena.com\/blog\/lalique-rene-vase\/","title":{"rendered":"Lalique Glass Vases – How wonderful are they?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ren\u00e9 Lalique (1860-1945) <\/span><\/h1>\n

Ren\u00e9 Lalique created more than three hundred vases in an unimaginably inventive\u00a0variety of styles.\u00a0Check some out on our website…<\/p>\n

Vases from the Maestro<\/a><\/p>\n

The vases illustrated below will be on our Stand 30 in Hall 2 at the Glass Fair on Sunday – two days from now.<\/p>\n

The National Glass Collectors Fair<\/a><\/p>\n

His\u00a0outstanding gift to the world is\u00a0sensational design\u00a0in glass, made available\u00a0to the many not just the few.<\/p>\n

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‘Poissons’ vase, cased, opalescent, introduced 1921, moulded and engraved makers mark ‘R.LALIQUE Lalique’. Book reference: Marcilhac 925.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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How wonderful is the subtlety of the above\u00a0Ren\u00e9 Lalique cased opalescent glass ‘Poissons’ Vase. The fish, almost indistinguishable to begin with,\u00a0demands closer\u00a0attention holding one’s interest\u00a0long after the first glance.<\/p>\n

Interesting subject, appealing subtext – Lalique trademark<\/h2>\n
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‘Danaides’ vase, opalescent, introduced 1926, wheel cut and engraved makers mark, ‘R. LALIQUE FRANCE No.972’. Book reference: Marcilhac 972.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018Danaides\u2019 is a great example of\u00a0fabulous design.\u00a0‘Danaides’ also illustrates a\u00a0trademark device he used,\u00a0most likely\u00a0at the very\u00a0conception of the design. It seems he would choose\u00a0an interesting\u00a0subject with a\u00a0fascinating\u00a0subtext. The piece would be named after the subject. The \u2018Danaides\u2019 inspiration originates with a painting in 1903 by John William Waterhouse.<\/div>\n
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‘The Danaides’ by John William Waterhouse\u00a0, 1903<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
One can imagine the lively mind of Ren\u00e9 Lalique enquiring into the myth with\u00a0customary energy, consequently developing the design.<\/div>\n

Eternal punishment for the fifty daughters<\/h2>\n
The painting depicts some of the fifty daughters of Danaus. These young ladies were forced to marry the fifty sons of his twin brother, a king of the realm with power over all. Or so the king believed.<\/div>\n
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The girls, however, were having none of it. The myth\u00a0has it that all but one of the fifty daughters killed their husbands on the wedding night. Wow. Girl power, right? For this they were condemned to an eternity of pouring water into a leaky vessel. This may seem not much of a punishment to us. But to the ancient Greeks this was worse than death itself.<\/div>\n
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Beautiful Lattice<\/h2>\n
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‘Beautreillis’, introduced 1927, opalescent, etched makers mark, ‘R. LALIQUE FRANCE no.989’. Book reference: Marcilhac 989.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Introduced just one year later, the name chosen for this design\u00a0is more down to earth. ‘Beautreillis’ translates to ‘Beautiful Lattice’. One wonders whether Ren\u00e9 first saw the\u00a0pattern in nature thereafter making the design.<\/p>\n

Bammako<\/h2>\n
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‘Bammako’, introduced 1934, opalescent glass vase, with etched maker’s mark ‘R. LALIQUE FRANCE’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Decorated around the outside with hemispherical bubbles. When you look into the bubbles, they beautifully relect\/refract bubbles from all around the vase.<\/p>\n

Another masterpiece from Ren\u00e9. Does anyone out there have info on the orgin of the\u00a0name ‘Bammako’? What on earth do these\u00a0gorgeous bubbles represent? Some animal, plant or jellyfish? Or merely a pattern? To my\u00a0eye they pulsate with living energy.\u00a0I would love to\u00a0know what it was that sparked Rene’s imagination. What is ‘Bammako’?<\/p>\n

Lalique vases from Madelena<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The National Glass Collectors Fair<\/a><\/p>\n

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