René Lalique 'Quatre Soleil' opalescent and sepia-stained perfume bottle and stopper, No. 505, designed 1912

Notes

This perfume bottle, decorated with four stylised sun medallions, was created by Lalique during the early years of his transition from jewellery to glassmaking. This was one of his generic perfume bottles that could be bought empty and was not commissioned by a specific perfume house.

The body of the bottle is blown-moulded, while the stopper is press-moulded, which was common for Lalique perfume bottles.

Literature

Félix Marcilhac (1994) René Lalique, 1860–1945: Maître-verrier, Analyse et Catalogue Raisonné de l’Œuvre de Verre, Paris, illustrated on page 333