LOT DETAILS

Materials:

silver, gold, lapis lazulis, chrysoprase, horn

Measurements:

13.50 in. (34.30 cm.) (height)

Markings:

impressed LALIQUE and with French assay mark

Literature:

M. P. Verneuil, 'L'Architecture et l'Art Décoratif aux Salons de 1905', Art et Décoration, July-December 1905, p. 8 for other examples of letter openers G. Geffroy, 'De Bijou: A Propos de M. René Lalique', Art et Décoration, July-December 1905, p. 180 for a closely related mirror, and p. 187 for a drawing of a snake headdress for Sarah Bernhardt S. Barten, René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d’Art, 1890-1910, Munchen, 1977, p. 519, for other examples of letter openers

Provenance:

Private Collection, Argentina, acquired circa 1930 Thence by descent in the family Acquired from the above by the present owner