Vintage Lalique Coq Nain (Dwarf Cockerel) Opalescent Car Mascot Paperweight

  

Here for your consideration is an exquisite, vintage, Lalique, Coq Nain, (dwarf cockerel) car mascot/ paperweight modelled as a cockerel with a frosted opalescent finish, raised to a circular pedestal base. As shown in Felix Marcilhac's book, page 381, pattern number reference 1135. These Rene Lalique designed Coq Nain dwarf cockerel car mascot/paperweights were first created on the 10th February 1928 from white glass, press moulded, with a colour classification called smoke.

They first featured in the catalogues of 1928 and 1932. There was also a radiator plug version and a bookend version with black opal glass. This car mascot/paperweight in beautiful original condition with no damage, chips, or restoration.

It does have some base scratches, commensurate with its age, but nothing unusual. Just a very nice piece of vintage Lalique glass. The base also has an engraved signature. As you can see from my photos this car mascot/paperweight seems to colour shift depending on room lighting conditions.

It looks different at certain times of the day, one of those pieces of glass that you never seem to get fed up of looking at. A really fantastic design concept from the worlds best glassmaker. Rene Jules Lalique (6 April 1860, Ay, Marne - 5 May 1945, Paris) known for his creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments. Lalique's early life was spent learning the methods of design and art. At the age of two, his family moved to a suburb of Paris but travelled to Ay for summer holidays.

These trips influenced Lalique's later naturalistic glasswork. In 1872, when he was twelve, he entered the Collège Turgot where he started drawing and sketching. Two years later Lalique began working as an apprentice to goldsmith Louis Aucoc in Paris and attended evening classes at the Ecole des arts de'coratifs 1874-76.

He subsequently spent two more years at the Crystal Palace School of Art Sydenham, London where his skills for graphic design were improved, and his naturalistic approach to art was further developed. In 1885, he opened his own business and designed and made his own jewellery and other glass pieces. By 1890, Lalique was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designers; creating innovative pieces for Samuel Bing's new Paris shop, Maison de l'Art Nouveau. He went on to become the most famous in his field, his name synonymous with creativity, beauty and quality. In the 1920s, he became noted for his work in the Art Deco style.

His most famous work being the interior fittings, cross, screens, reredos, font of St. Matthew's Church at Millbrook in Jersey (Lalique's Glass Church). His earlier experiences in Ay were his defining influence in his later work. As a result, many of his jewellery pieces and vases showcase plants, flowers and flowing lines.

Height: 8.1 inches or 20.5 cm. Width: 5 inches or 12.7 cm. Weight: 1.2 kg or 2lb 13 oz. A stunning, Lalique, Coq Nain car mascot/paperweight that has become so very desirable collectable and is only going to appreciate in value.

This highly sought-after Lalique dwarf cockerel would make a superb gift and solid future investment. Just a very nice beautiful piece of Lalique glass. Please note, all our international postal charges are only estimates and will be confirmed and altered up or down when we know the destination of where items are being sent. You may wish to check out my other items.