LALIQUE FROSTED CRYSTAL "CHRYSIS" FEMALE NUDE SCULPTURE #11809 Vintage W/Box

Description

Item under consideration is a Vintage, 5 1/4 inch tall, hand-crafted, Crystal Female Nude Sculpture,
“CHRYSIS” #11809, produced at the Lalique workshops in the Al Sace region of France.
Retail price of 0.
This
exquisite hand-crafted crystal sculpture is an amazing combination of satin (frosted) and clear
(hair and base bottom) 24% leaded crystal. The base bottom is engraved in diamond point hand script containing the words “Lalique
”
and "France”.
Lalique box and wrappings included.
Initially created in 1931 as a hood ornament for automobiles. The Female Nude was originally designed
as one of 30 car mascots (hood ornaments) to be positioned on top of the radiator cap on elegant 1930’s roadsters. The nude is depicted on her knees leaning backwards,
arms extended with the winds flowing thru her hair. Positioned on a
round 2 11/16 inch
diameter, 1 inch thick base.
Dimensions: Height- 5 1/4
inch.
Length- 6 1/2 inch.
Width- 2 5/8 inch.
Weight- 1 pound, 8.6 ounces.
Background
Beginning in the early 20th century, Rene Lalique began to design perfume bottles for Francois Coty in Paris, collectors all
over the world continue to search for these beautiful Lalique crystal creations. Rene Lalique's crystal design creations are
considered glass art and are currently hand made by Lalique's crystal master glass craftsmen.
Lalique crystal has always been handcrafted in the Workshops that Rene Lalique built in 1921. They are located
in the village of Wingen-sur-Moder in Alsace, a region of France which has the strongest glassmaking traditions.
It has remained to this day the world’s sole Lalique production facility.
The company shut down during the German occupation of WWII. Rene passed right at the end of the war in 1945.
His son Marc then took over the business and made some important changes. He changed the basic glass
formula
from 12% lead oxide demi crystal to 24% full lead crystal. This made pieces produced after 1945 much brighter, sparkling, more transparent, and much heavier because of all the lead content. Marc was later
succeeded by Rene’s grand daughter Marie.