Rare VDA Mark Rene Lalique Chicoree Bowl Designed 1921

Description

Heading : R Lalique Glass Chicoree Bowl – Signed VDA FRANCE and R Lalique Model 3213
Date : c1921
Origin : Wingen-sur-Moder. Alsace
Colour : Opalescent
Bowl : In the Chicoree pattern with VDA FRANCE sitting pround in the centre of the bowl Model 3213
Pontil : The pontil is signed in Italics R Lalique with a diamond point vibro pen.
Glass Type : Opalescent Lalique demi-cristal
Size :   23.9cm Diameter 9cm Tall
Condition : Excellent. no chips or bruises. A fine moulding mark inside the bowl from manufacture
Restoration : None
Weight : 1395g

1921 was the year that Lalique opened his Verrerie d’Alsace and this piece would have been one of the earliest pieces of glass produced at the works. It is rare to find the VDA ( Verrerie d’Alsace) mark as this was only briefly used. The glassworks based in Wingen-Sur-Moder became one of the most significant glassworks in the history of glass and possibly the most significant of the 20th century. It is from this glassworks that the majority of Lalique’s incredible contributions to glassware were produced. Most of the Lalique glassware that we offer is of the deco period this is a late example of the art nouveau movement and would make an exceptional addition to any collection.

Eric Knowles Comments

Following what eventually proved to be the ill fated Treaty of Versailles France demanded that the Alsace region. previously forfeited after the Franco Prussian War of 1870. be returned to France. The French government then set up cost effective business initiatives in  the region to attract industry and commerce. Rene Lalique saw the opportunity to set up a new state of the art glass works in a region that already had a reputation for glass making such as that located in Meisenthal and St Louis- les- Bitche in neighbouring province of Lorraine . As mentioned the first wares produced in the early 1920’s were relief moulded with the relatively small VDA monogram. I remember only too well that for many years collectors and dealers in the UK proved unwilling to accept this mark as being connected with Lalique