AN ART DECO MAUVE TINTED GLASS FALCON CAR MASCOT BY RENÉ LALIQUE, CIRCA 1925

AN ART DECO MAUVE TINTED GLASS FALCON CAR MASCOT BY RENÉ LALIQUE
CIRCA 1925
Model number 1124, base stamped 'BREVES GALLERIES, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, SW3, PAT No.309301', glass relief signature R Lalique France
19.5cm high overall, base 7.4cm wide diameter

Lalique commissioned Breves Gallery in Knightsbridge to mount his mascots and hood ornaments and to sell them to the British public. The glass mascots were mounted into chrome fixtures which could light them from underneath accentuating the colour and form of the mascot.