Welcome to my website, specialising in
R Lalique glass based in
London.
Dealing in
R Lalique glassware for the past 25 years has been a great experience and thrill. I am always learning and finding new things about the way Rene Lalique made his glass and how it was commercialised and also finding hidden pieces never seen before. It has always been a very popular and collectable field with countless books on the subject and with new collectors getting acquainted with the works of
R Lalique on a regular basis.
My shop,
R Lalique Glass, is situated in the renowned Camden Passage in Islington
London N1 just around the corner from the Angel Underground Station, the opening times are Wednesday and Saturday from 10am till 4pm, where I have been dealing in R Lalique glassware since 1988, previously mainly dealing by appointment. In my shop I have a selection of other glassware from the pre-war period, like Galle, Sabino, Argy-Rousseau, and A Walter and a small selection of post war Lalique glass. I have been a consultant advisor for the major auction houses in London for many years.
Rene Lalique aimed at popularising art and making it accessible to everybody and not only to well to do people of the time. He started with his jewellery, using common materials but with such incredible imagination and clever design that they were immediately recognised as masterpieces. R Lalique started experimenting with glass and making some exclusive unique pieces but soon started to mass-produce to make it available to a wider range of people. All of
R Lalique pieces, although being mass-produced, were all hand finished, and of the highest quality. Hence, as all pieces were finished individually, they all have certain characteristics and differences in quality and colour, and some degree of impurity or cooling lines all quite acceptable and common on most thick walled pieces. R Lalique also added a patina to some of his pieces to enhance the design, in a variety of colours. When taking all this into account, one can see how so many details can differentiate the price of a piece, even though to the laymen they might look the same.
There are various museums around the world exhibiting good collections of works by
R Lalique and also in
London, and it is always worth checking their websites. The major museum is the
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon where one can see a great amount of Rene Lalique earlier works in jewellery and glassware. A good selection of pieces by
R Lalique in London, can be seen at the
Victoria & Albert Museum and in Brighton, a collection at the
Brighton Museum.
The
Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris also has a great selection of his works and the
Lalique Museum Hakone in Japan is a very comprehensive museum of Rene Lalique displaying a wide range of his works.
All items described are in good condition unless stated otherwise. As mentioned above, it is quite normal on R Lalique pieces to have a certain amount of bubbles or lines and small imperfections related to the manufacturing of the piece and also a certain amount of scratches is expected due to their age. I would be happy to deal with any queries and explain the extent of these details.
I accept all major credit cards, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, cheques and bank transfer at no extra cost but there is an option to pay via paypal at an extra 4% surcharge.
I ship worldwide using UPS service and all items can be tracked on their website, and are insured at full value.
I always hold a wide range of works exclusively by
R Lalique in my shop in
London, which is open Wednesdays and Saturdays or by appointment.
