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Maggi Young

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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #750 on: December 25, 2011, 09:16:59 PM »
Oh yes, Lesley... apart from the clear and milky , opalescent types of glass ware, Lalique TIFFANY designed stained/coloured glass lampshades etc, as well as having been originally a jeweller..... though of course there were Lalique father and son and I cannot rmember who did which first!  

Nowadays there is a large market for "Lalique" TIFFANY style stained glass lamps and such.
There you go... that's my contribution of today's bit of trivia!  :D

Edited by maggi when Arnold gave her  the clue that she was losing her mind!  see later posts!
« Last Edit: December 29, 2011, 10:52:59 AM by Maggi Young »
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #751 on: December 25, 2011, 10:23:11 PM »
Thank you Maggi. I didn't know that. My milky vase is just signed R. Lalique so I don't know whether father or son. It is quite plain but has birds, maybe budgies or similar, as handles and these and the thicker areas of glass turn to a delicious apricot shade if the vase is placed with the sun behind it. So it lives on a table against a west-facing window. The other is a flat bowl, very heavily encrusted around the edge with chrysanthemums and about 5cms deep. It weighs about 5 kgs!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #752 on: December 25, 2011, 10:32:18 PM »
Nice stuff Lesley, I only have one piece of Lalique, a scent bottle from C 1920
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #753 on: December 26, 2011, 12:30:20 AM »
Lesley, I should mention Émile Gallé instead of Lalique ;)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #754 on: December 26, 2011, 03:56:56 AM »
Yes, very beautiful glass indeed, but way beyond my means I'm afraid. I did buy my bowl but the older and much more valuable vase I was left, by an aunt. :D I should do a couple of pictures but must catch up with dusting first. ;D
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #755 on: December 28, 2011, 09:24:26 PM »
Wonderful plant Tatsuo !!
I also can confirm René LALIQUE made many colored glass, but, like Tatsuo, I much prefer Emile GALLE or DAUM family in glass work  ;D
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #756 on: December 29, 2011, 02:22:47 AM »
Since are plugging our favorites any votes for Louis Comfort Tiffany?
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #757 on: December 29, 2011, 10:51:38 AM »
Since are plugging our favorites any votes for Louis Comfort Tiffany?

  :o :o Good grief! Just realised my ramblings about stained glass etc are actually related to Tiffany, not Lalique... what a fool I am! Sorry... poor grey cells are obviously fading fast!  :-X :-[ :-[
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #758 on: December 29, 2011, 10:54:07 AM »
Sorry, Lesley, my muddled ramblings have given you useless info....  all the coloured/stained glass comments were really about Louis Comfort Tiffany... and his son!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #759 on: December 29, 2011, 09:15:10 PM »
That's OK Maggi. It's the time of year, locally known, though mostly in regard to TV programming, as the silly season. If our minds are a bit wonky at present it's only to be expected. ;D
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