Colbert

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Object Name: 
Inkwell
Title: 
Colbert
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, possibly Wingen-sur-Moder
France, possibly Combs-la-Ville
Accession Number: 
2011.3.197
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5 cm, W: 26.9 cm, D: 15.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
designed in 1924
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Primary Description: 
Inkwell, "Colbert". Colorless glass, black enamel; mold-pressed, enameled. (a) Rectangular tray with concave section for pen and well for ink. Pen holder flanked by two birds enameled black sitting amid berries. Inkwell encompassed by ring of seven birds enameled black sitting amid branches with berries. (b) Circular straight-walled cover for inkwell. Top of inkwell decorated with three birds enameled black sitting amid branches with berries.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Steppa, Elaine, Source
2011-12-09
Steppa, Stanford, Source
2011-12-09
Color: 
colorless
black
Technique: 
pressing
enameling
molding
Material: 
glass
enamel
Inscription: 
Nos. 43
inscription
: 
Molded intaglio (a) on wall of tray
R. Lalique
signature
: 
Engraved (a) on wall of tray in script
Copyright: 
© Rene Lalique

Publications (3)

Rene Lalique (1860-1945): des œuvres d'arts decoratifs ornees d'oiseaux (2016) illustrated, p. 266 (no. 781); BIB# 151079
Rene Lalique: Enchanted by Glass (2014) illustrated, p. 193 (no. 23); BIB# 139598
Rene Lalique, 1860-1945, maitre-verrier: analyse de l’oeuvre et catalogue raisonne (2004 edition) (2004) illustrated, p. 318, #438; BIB# 81540