Rene Lalique Ormeaux Glass Vase Designed 1926

Description

Heading : Ormeaux – Rene Lalique Slate Grey-Green Frosted Glass Vase
Date : Introduced 1926
Originer: Wingen sur Moder. France
Features : Dense overlapping spear-shape elm leaves
Marks: Engraved on foot rim in script – R Lalique. France No 984
Type : Demi-Crystal
Size : Height 16.9cm

Condition Excellent – no chips. cracks or flakes; slight wear to the base entirely commensurate with age
Restoration : None
Weight : 789 grams

Note : the duplicity of the name of this vase is easily explained – ormeaux is the French for ‘abalone’. the mollusc. and also for a specific species of elm tree. the field elm; we would speculate that this commonality is because the samarae – winged fruits of the field elm – look very much the underside of a healthy. un-shucked abalone…