Live Auction 15697Beyond Boundaries: Magnificent Jewels from a European Collection
AN ART NOUVEAU GLASS 'SCARAB' NECKLACE, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Lot 41

AN ART NOUVEAU GLASS 'SCARAB' NECKLACE, BY RENÉ LALIQUE

Closed13 November 2017

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AN ART NOUVEAU GLASS 'SCARAB' NECKLACE, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Composed of a series of oval links, each designed as a stylised scarab in blue glass, to the similarly-set curved links of floral motif, 1908-1910, 34.0 cm, with French assay marks for gold
With maker's mark for René Lalique

Specialist note

Cf. V. Becker, The Jewellery of René Lalique, London, The Goldsmiths' Company, 1987, p. 107, ill. 90 for a similar necklace
Cf. Bayerishes Nationalmuseum, Lalique, Munich, Allianz, 1988, ill. 66 for a similar necklace