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Lalique Victoire, Car Mascot, Hood Ornament
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French Name :
Victoire
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Victoire - 'Spirit of the Wind', amazing very deep amethyst tinted and frosted glass mascot by René Lalique. R.Lalique France moulded signature in relief around base. It has never been for sale before, coming from a private collection, where it had resided for the past sixty years, until I purchased it. This mascot is perhaps the most famous and notable of all Lalique's car mascots, and also is the largest, and surely the clearest representation of pure Art Deco style, flamboyance and female beauty created in mascot form in the 1920's.
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First Introduced :
18th April 1928
Catalogue No. :
1147
Dimension :
256mm long.
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Condition :
Absolutely superb example, extremely crisp lines. The face has the original deep grey original staining, giving added depth and a truly wonderful frontal appearance. This is now an extremely rare mascot, and this example is the very finest example at present offered for sale in the world. Fantastic piece with truly wonderful amethyst tint - Not the 'hint' of a tint usually found - this is a very strong amethyst tint, which is especially deep on the face and combined with the staining, really brings the mascot to life. Most of these rare pieces suffer from chips to the end of the hair line, virtually all have been ground here - this beauty has absolutely no grinding. Few absolutely minuscule surface scratches to the sides at the tip caused from the passing of time and honest use from previous owner using this mascot to grace the front of his Rolls Royce Phantom 2 in the Thirties, and a few small usual air bubbles inside the glass. The base is really crisp, again usually many chips, grinding or problems here on most examples I have encountered over the past thirty five years, caused mostly due to the fitting of Breves metal mountings - the base on my example is absolutely pristine.
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