LALIQUE FRANCE VINTAGE CRYSTAL NEMOURS BOWL - POPPIES -SIGNED- PRE-1978

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LALIQUE  CRYSTAL NEMOURS BOWL.
THE TOWN OF NEMOURS, FRANCE WAS KNOWN FOR ITS POPPY CANDY, AND THE OUTSIDE DESIGN OF THE BOWL IS A GEOMETRIC CROWD OF FROSTED  SUNKEN BLOSSOMS OF POPPY FLOWERS WITH A BLACK DOT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH.
DIAMETER 9.875 INCHES; HEIGHT 4.0 INCHES.
WEIGHT 5.5 LBS
INSCRIBED SIGNATURE OF  " LALIQUE  FRANCE"  IN SMALL TIGHT CURSIVE SCRIPT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOWL BASE UNDERSIDE ; THE ABSENCE OF THE TRADEMARK DESIGNATION INDICATES IT IS OLDER THAN 1978.
IT IS AN OPTICAL WONDER HOW THE SUNKEN WELLS OF BLOSSOMS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOWL MULTIPLY THROUGH REFRACTIONS THE NUMBER OF BLACK DOTS WHEN SEEN FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BOWL.
CONDITION IS VERY GOOD TO GOOD WITH LITTLE WEAR; NORMAL WEAR ON THE BASE UNDERSIDE. THERE ARE NO CHIPS, FLAKES, CRACKS OR FRACTURES.
WILL BE SENT USPS PRIORITY MAIL.
G-1875-B378- H5