Lot 157 , Tête dEpervier/Hawks Head. A glass mascot by René Lalique, introduced on 21/11/1928, No.1139 height including mount 10cm. Overall 14.5

Tête d'Epervier/Hawks Head. A glass mascot by René Lalique, introduced on 21/11/1928, No.1139 in the rare amethyst tint, signed moulded in relief 'LALIQUE FRANCE' on lower edge of neck, with distinctive double tailed 'q' in the signature, with contemporary Breves Galleries metal lighting display radiator mount and later silvered plinth, Marcilhac no.1139, p.499, Weiner p.39, height including mount 10cm. Overall 14.5cm.
Estimate £1,000-1,500

Small chips to the tip of beak, a fairly large chip and glued repair to the front of the neck going down to the base (mostly covered by the mount).
A small nick in the rim of the mount and some oxidisation. Mount fixed in place.


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