Bacchus: A rare pair of gold and enamel cufflinks, Lalique, Paris, circa 1900

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

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Description

height 1.3cm, 1/2 in.

each painted en plein with the face of the wine god within plique-à-jour vine leaves and opaque enamel grapes, struck LALIQUE

Catalogue Note

A pendant similar to the present cufflinks, painted with a female face within plane tree leaves and dated 1898-1900, is illustrated, S. Barten, René Lalique: Schmuck und Objets d'art, 1890-1910, 1977, no. 599.